NASA defenders walk back denial of hack on agency

By Rudy Takala

Published February 5, 2016 9:47pm ET

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NASA defenders walk back denial of hack on agency — After a claim that NASA was hacked, the space agency this week engaged in a full-court press to deny the allegation, stating that any data obtained was already publicly available. However, a former NASA employee walked back that line of reasoning on Thursday, saying that the information could have been gained by hacking, but that […]

After a claim that NASA was hacked, the space agency this week engaged in a full-court press to deny the allegation, stating that any data obtained was already publicly available.

However, a former NASA employee walked back that line of reasoning on Thursday, saying that the information could have been gained by hacking, but that it wouldn’t have been difficult to accomplish.

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