[ISN] Hacker risked astronauts' lives

From: InfoSec News <isn_at_C4I.ORG>
Date: Mon 03 Jul 2000 - 14:52:47 CDT
Forwarded by: The Dodger <dodger@2600.COM>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_816000/816510.stm

BBC News. Sci/Tech.

Hacker risked astronauts' lives

The lives of space shuttle astronauts were put at risk by a computer
hacker who overloaded Nasa's communication system in 1997, the space
agency has told the BBC.

As the Nasa shuttle orbiting the Earth docked with the Russian Mir space
station, a hacker interfered with the computer systems that monitor the
heartbeat, pulse and medical conditions of the crew.

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