The Raspberry Pi computer, thanks to its small footprint and ease of use, is loved by many hardware enthusiasts and often used for small-scale computing projects. Yesterday saw the device refreshed with upgraded hardware and it also became part of some bad news involving data theft from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Located in Pasadena, California, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages all the robotic missions on Mars and probes sent to Saturn, Jupiter and beyond. The facility was recently attacked by a malicious hacker who used a Raspberry Pi computer and external account credentials to compromise the mission's internal network.
An audit report by NASA's Office of the Inspector General reveals that the network hack remained undetected for 10 months in which the attacker was able to steal 500 MB of data spread across 23 files, including 2 files that contained information regarding international transfer of restricted military and technology.
The investigation further reveals that although the Pi had been attached to the network by an employee, NASA administrators did not know of its presence due to poor logging management, which the hacker used to their advantage as the vulnerable device remained unmonitored on the network. The audit also disclosed several other devices on the JPL ..
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