Romanian Accused Of NASA Hacks

A 26-year-old Romanian man stands accused of hacking into NASA servers, modifying data, and restricting access to them last December.

(click image for larger view)
Slideshow: NASA, Microsoft Reveal Mars In Pictures
Romanian police have ordered the detention of a 26-year-old man accused of hacking into NASA servers last December and causing $500,000 worth of damage in the process, according to a statement by a Romanian law enforcement agency.
According to Romanias Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), the man, Robert Butyka, hacked into several NASA servers on Dec. 12, 2010, modified and damage data on the servers and restricted access to them.
The authorities are detaining Butyka, a resident of Cluj-Napoca, Romanias fourth-largest city, on charges of circumvention of computer security measures and unauthorized disruption of the functioning of a computer, damage to computer data, and restriction of access to computer systems. Several computers were seized as evidence during a local police raid of Butykas home.
[ The feds are moving to bust cyber criminals here and abroad. Read
FBI Busts $14 Million Botnet Fraud Gang
. ]
The Facebook page of Butyka, who reportedly goes by the online handle Iceman, is littered with notifications from Facebook apps, and links to a no longer working Website affiliated with his nom de guerre. A number of other websites associate the domain with malware.
Romania has been the source of a number of attacks, including a major international cybercrime ring that the Department of Justice helped
bust up
in 2008. In another major case, a Romanian hacker was convicted and imprisoned after repeatedly hacking into eBay in a series of actions that the auction website said resulted in millions of dollars of losses.
NASA has also been subject to Romanian hackers before. Victor Faur was
charged
in 2006 with 10 criminal counts for hacking into more than 150 government computers, including computers used for deep space research, and causing them to display messages indicating that theyd been hacked. Hes now appealing the verdict against him. Earlier this year, a hacker with the online pseudonym TinKode
exposed
a security flaw in NASA Goddard Space Centers FTP site.
NASA did not respond to a request for comment in time for this article.

Last News
▸ Beware EMV may not fully protect against skilled thieves. ◂ Discovered: 23/12/2024 Category: security	▸ Hack Your Hotel Room ◂ Discovered: 23/12/2024 Category: security	▸ Website hacks happened during World Cup final. ◂ Discovered: 23/12/2024 Category: security

**Cyber Security Categories**
Google Dorks Database	Exploits Vulnerability	Exploit Shellcodes

CVE List

Tools/Apps

News/Aarticles

Phishing Database

Deepfake Detection

Trends/Statistics & Live Infos

Tags:
Romanian Accused Of NASA Hacks