The Unlikely Victim of a Cyberattack: Tracking Meteors in the Digital Age The International Meteor Organization (IMO), a Belgium based nonprofit dedicated to tracking meteors, has fallen victim to a cyberattack that has left its website severely compromised.
At first glance, it's puzzling why hackers would target an organization focused on astronomical data, especially one as small and specialized as the IMO.
In recent years, several research organizations have been hit by cyberattacks, including the American Meteorological Society in 2023.