NASA Sees Increase in Cyberattacks During Coronavirus Outbreak

NASA has warned its personnel that the agency has seen a significant increase in cyberattacks, including phishing and malware attacks, while its employees work remotely during the COVID-19 outbreak. A memo indicates that the number of email phishing attempts doubled in the past few days and there has been an “exponential increase” in malware attacks on NASA systems. The number of blocked attempts to access malicious websites has also doubled. NASA says the tools deployed by its security operations center have blocked these attempts, but advises its workers to be vigilant.