Hackers attack 2 of the world’s most advanced telescopes, forcing shutdown

Among the world’s main astronomical observatories have reported cyberattacks which have resulted in momentary shutdowns.

The Nationwide Science Basis’s Nationwide Optical-Infrared Astronomy Analysis Laboratory, or NOIRLab, reported {that a} cybersecurity incident that occurred on Aug. 1 has prompted the lab to briefly halt operations at its Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii and Gemini South Telescope in Chile. Different, smaller telescopes on Cerro Tololo in Chile had been additionally affected.