Meteoric Misfortune: The Unlikely Victim of Cyber Attacks The world of meteor observation has been dealt a serious blow not from an asteroid or comet, but from the digital domain – specifically, a cyber attack that has taken down the International Meteor Organization's (IMO) infrastructure.
The IMO, which has been tracking meteors and publishing research since 1988, is now struggling to recover. At first glance, one might wonder why hackers targeted the IMO.
Its databases contain mostly public information about meteor and fireball observations, not sensitive space related secrets.