Unauthorized Raspberry Pi stole Mars Mission and Satellite Data, NASA

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasa-hacked-because-of-unauthorized-raspberry-pi-connected-to-its-network/

A report published this week by the NASA Office of Inspector General reveals that in April 2018 hackers breached the agency's network and stole approximately 500 MB of data related to Mars missions.

The point of entry was a Raspberry Pi device that was connected to the IT network of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) without authorization or going through the proper security review.

Report [PDF]: https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-19-022.pdf

 

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Is it that easy to take some thing like a Raspbery Pi device into the NASA compound.
These kind of facilities don't even allow pen drives.