NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory designs, builds and operates billion-dollar spacecraft. That makes it a target. What the infosec world calls Advanced Persistent Threats — meaning, generally, nation-state adversaries — hover outside its online borders, constantly seeking access to its “ground data systems,” its networks on Earth, which, in turn, connect to the ground relay stations … Continue reading The war against space hackers: how the JPL works to secure its missions from nation-state adversaries