You may think that you have got the latest training and safeguards against cyber attacks, but if even NASA can get hacked, how safe are you really?
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the people who landed on the moon, admitted that they were the victims of a cyber attack resulting in a data breach in October 2018. An unknown assailant found a way to invade the gain access to a NASA server storing current and former employee personal information, including Social Security Numbers. Employees were not notified of the breach and theft of personal information for nearly two months after the hack was discovered by the agency.
Months after discovering the breach, NASA was still unaware of the breadth of the breach and how much information was compromised. Those employed over a twelve-year span at the agency were possible victim of the breach. That is not exactly a small number of people affected.
No missions were affected but NASA stated that it would take time investigate the attack and take adequate countermeasures to prevent future attacks.
So, you may be thinking that if you merely provide proper cybersecurity training for employees and employ an IT consultant that you’ll be safe from cyber attacks. But if even a place like NASA, that launches people into space, can fall victim to a cyber attack and data breach, nobody is safe. If it can happen to them, what is preventing it from happening to your company?
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