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NASA sold PCs with sensitive data
NASA failed to remove sensitive data from computers that it sold, according to an audit report released this week.
The agency has been selling off computers, hard drives, and other equipment associated with the Space Shuttle program as it winds down.
But the audit (PDF) by the NASA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found security breaches at four NASA facilities: the Kennedy and Johnson Space Centers and the Ames and Langley Research Centers.
Specifically, the audit discovered that 10 computers from the Kennedy Center were released to the public even though they still contained sensitive NASA data and had … Read more
