In Moving to the Cloud, NASA Leaves Major Security Holes

NASA appears to be having issues moving to the cloud. In a review, the space agency realized that several cloud initiatives were low on security. Some sections of its cloud even left sensitive information at risk. Looking at its five cloud contracts, none of them even came close to meeting the guidelines it set forth for datas security.
NASA is considering have an outpost to manage its cloud and security. This would be critical as NASA claims it wants to have 75% of new IT programs to run in the cloud.

Largest Hacking Scheme in U.S. History Uncovered

Four Russians and a Ukrainian are being charged with operating an enormous hacking organization that for the past seven years, been breaking into major corporate networks in the United States and around the world.
Indictments were announced today in Newark, New Jersey. The attorney called it the largest hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States.
The hackers acquired more than 160 million credit and debit card numbers, which were then sold on the black market.
Losses are estimated to be in hundreds of millions of dollars.
Corporate victims include the NASDAQ, 7-Eleven, Carrefour, JCP, Hannaford, Heartland, Wet Seal, Commidea, Dexia, JetBlue, Dow Jones, Euronet, Visa Jordan, Global Payment, Diners Singapore and Ingenicard.
The hackers are Vladimir Drinkman, Aleksander Kalinin, Roman Kotov, Dmitriy Smilianets, and Mikhaol Rytikov.