'NASA's JPL hacked by $25 Raspberry Pi device,' states audit report investigating April 2018 data breach when hackers stole 500 MB data

In a stunning revelation by NASA's Office of Inspector General (OIG) on Sunday, it has been revealed that an unsecured and unauthorized Raspberry Pi device, worth 25 US dollars h hacked into NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in April 2018.

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Sharing results of investigation done by audit team, OIG has said in its report that while JPL has experienced many cybersecurity incidents, in last Aril 2018 an external user h stolen approximately 500 megabytes of data from one of NASA's major mission systems.

"JPL has experienced several table cybersecurity incidents that have compromised major segments of its IT network” in last dece, and more recently in April 2018, JPL discovered an account belonging to an external user h been compromised and used to steal approximately 500 megabytes of data from one of its major mission systems,” stated report.

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Detailing April 2018 breach, OIG's review report states that hack was carried out by targeting an unauthorized Raspberry Pi attached to JPL network. hackers used this to ir vant and exploited Pi to gain access to network, compromised JPL systems as well as Deep Network (DSN).

As a result of breach, review report states that vulnerabilities of JPL network have been revealed. 

"JPL uses its Information Techlogy Security Database (ITSDB) to track and man physical assets and applications on its network; however, we found database inventory incomplete and inaccurate, placing at risk JPL’s ability to effectively monitor, report, and respond to security incidents."
report has also stated that reduced visibility into devices connected to its networks has enabled hackers were able to move freely between different systems within network.

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