translated from Spanish: Hackers seize NASA confidential reporting

The hacker group known as DopplePaymer claimed to have accessed the servers of one of NASA’s vendors, something that would have given them access to employee data and agency research data. Using ransomeware, a type of virus that hijacks users’ information in order to extort them, the hacker group now asks for a ransom for the data. Otherwise they could be released or sold to the highest bidder.
In a blog post, DopplePaymer said the Digital Management Inc. (DMI) network, an internet and digital resource provider of NASA and at least 100 other large companies and government organizations, had successfully intervened. To prove that they did not lie they published 20 documents on their dark web portal, which contain human resources data, project details and employee personal data, which ZDnet says match the users’ Linkedln profiles.
Additionally, the hacker group issued a list containing the details of 2,583 DMI servers and workstations, which they claim belong to the provider’s internal infrastructure. These same servers were encrypted and hijacked until a sum of money is offered to release them.
We don’t know how much money hackers ask of NASA, but if they refuse to pay or make any other moves, the data could end up in some online repository or in the wrong hands.
At the time DMI has not responded to anything officially, neither has NASA.

Original source in Spanish