Hacker hacks NASA ‘again’, reports ‘vulnerabilities’; Here’s what the space agency did peppermint

A hacker claimed he “hacked NASA again” and discovered “critical flaws” in the US space agency’s security system. However, what NASA did next shocked netizens, “Wow!”

In a social media post, the hacker shared that he had reported the vulnerabilities to the space agency so that it could be given enough time to address them. After the flaws were patched, NASA sent the hacker a letter of appreciation, acknowledging his contributions in helping identify and protect against vulnerabilities in the agency’s systems.

Sharing a photo of a citation signed by Mark Witt, NASA’s chief information officer, the hacker said, “I hacked @NASA (again) and reported some vulnerabilities to them. Just today, after they patched them.” I received this testimonial from him after Flaws!”

In the letter, NASA acknowledged that the hacker’s actions contributed to the protection of the “integrity and availability” of its information infrastructure and praised it for identifying the vulnerability while following NASA’s Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP).

“The ability to detect and report security vulnerabilities is a valuable skill in the information security industry,” NASA said.

The space agency also said that due to awareness of the hacker they were able to protect “the integrity and availability of NASA information.”

The space agency said the letter “recognizes the hacker’s efforts to detect vulnerabilities and better enable NASA to continue its advances in science, technology, aeronautics and space exploration for knowledge, education, innovation, and economic growth.” “A symbol of our appreciation.” Life Force, and Stewardship of the Earth.”

He also said, “As a security community we are all in this together,” and that the hacker’s involvement and expertise is “appreciated.”

The post received over 1.8 million views and many users flooded the comments section.

One user said, “Wow, big W, congratulations to the legend.”

“While it is good for NASA to reward security researchers (rather than punish them with legal action), it is really only in their best interests. All the best and congratulations to you, good sir,” said another.

One user commented: “You’ve got a great job there! Very good!”

Another user said, “This is at least one degree LOL.”

One user said, ‘As a child, hacking NASA was more important to me than going to space. It is top class.”

“This is really nice,” said another.

“’I hacked NASA’ is a terrible sentence. But then casually putting ‘(again)’ in there is amazing,” another user commented.

One user suggested that hackers hack into Elon Musk’s SpaceX to see what happens next. “Hack SpaceX next and see what happens?”