14 DAY TRIAL // A total of 8 subdomains hosted on the domain of NASA’s Ames Research Center (arc.nasa.gov) have been defaced by a group of hackers from Italy called the M4ST£R 1T4L!4N H@CK£RS T£4M (Master Italian Hackers Team).
HackRead provides a complete list of the impacted websites, along with defacement mirrors. The defaced subdomains are: spaceshop.arc.nasa.gov, bt4lbleo.arc.nasa.gov, sphereswg.arc.nasa.gov, ppmovm.arc.nasa.gov, ppmo.arc.nasa.gov, ngss-trs.arc.nasa.gov, ngss.arc.nasa.gov, and admms.arc.nasa.gov.
It’s uncertain why the NASA websites have been targeted by the hackers. However, considering that there’s no protest message on the defaced sites, the most likely scenario is that they want to boost their reputation on the hacking scene.
At the time of writing, the affected sites are inaccessible.
NASA websites are often targeted by hackers. The latest attack took place in September when hackers of a group called BMPoC defaced 14 sites in protest against NSA spying.