NASA, FAA reportedly among 9 federal agencies targeted in alleged Russian cyberattack

NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration were among the nine federal agencies targeted in a major cyberattack allegedly carried out by Russia against the United States last year, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. It's been known that several agencies — including the departments of State, Justice, Treasury, Energy, Commerce, and Homeland Security, as well as the National Institutes of Health — were compromised, but NASA and the FAA were not previously identified. Neither agency confirmed or denied the report.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.