Internal audit at NASA found significant weakness in the way the agency disposes of IT equipment. Hard drives containing sensitive NASA data may have been sold to the public on the secondhand market. Audit focused on the Johnson and Kennedy Space Centers and the Ames and Langley Research Centers. Audit comes amidst growing concerns over data protection that stem from recent, high profile U.S. government data breaches. NASA is preparing to retire its Space Shuttle Program after 38 years and more than 130 missions. NASA did not reply to a Threatpost request for comment prior to publication.
Source: https://threatpost.com/audit-nasa-fails-properly-wipe-data-discarded-drives-120810/74753/