The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter could be hacked. There is a recent NASA announcement that makes us think there is a slim chance.
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flight time milestone was celebrated in a new NASA press release. The release said that the data was transmitted to Earth via Perseverance to determine a helicopter on the red planet's surface, but they couldn't yet declare a successful mission.
The helicopter's status was previously unknown due to an unexpected cutoff to the in-flight data stream as the helicopter descended toward the surface at the conclusion of its flight.
The Log4j bug could be to blame for that incident. The official account for Apache Software Foundation said in June that the Mars 2020 Helicopter mission is powered by Apache Log4j.
The Log4j is a flaw that could be exploited for years, according to theInfosecurity Magazine. The Log4j vulnerability was the subject of thousands of attacks from countries like Russia, China, Iran and others, and the helicopter connection problems were close to the flaw's public reveal.
Fat chance.
NASA hasn't released any more statements since this week's press release celebrating the copter's flight. The two are not connected. It would require an inside job to exploit the flaw in the helicopter.
NASA has been hacked before. NASA computer systems were accessed by hackers because of an unauthorized connection to a Pi.
The chances of NASA's Mars helicopter being hacked are slim, but we hope that even if they aren't saying anything publicly, they're increasing security measures behind the scenes.
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