Cybersecurity
Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack
The American Meteor Society (AMS), a nonprofit organization that collects and analyzes data on meteor sightings, has been taken offline by a cyberattack. The organization's website and data collection portal are currently unavailable. The AMS plans to be largely out of commission for several weeks as it works to recover from the attack and restore its systems. No further information has been released about the nature of the attack or the extent of the damage.
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