Stolen NASA laptop contained space station control codes

Inspector general says theft resulted in 'loss of algorithm'; Chinese intrusions also noted

By Matt Liebowitz

updated 3/1/2012 7:27:17 PM ET

 

A laptop stolen from NASA last year was unencrypted and contained command and control codes for the International Space Station on it, the agency's inspector general told a House subcommittee Wednesday.

In his testimony before a House Science, Space and Technology subcommittee, NASA Inspector General Paul Martin said the notebook computer stolen in March 2011 "resulted in the loss of the algorithms" used to control the space station. This particular laptop, Martin said, was one of 48 NASA notebooks or mobile devices stolen between April 2009 and April 2011.

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