It was announced that the ALMA telescope, which started its activities in 2013, was hacked. While it was shared that the incident that occurred on October 29 was under control, there was no information about whether the telescope restarted operations.
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The ALMA team announced on November 2 that the telescope was hacked. On the other hand, the hacking took place on Saturday, October 29 shared. The telescope began to be unable to observe after the hacking incident. The Alma telescope was one of the telescopes used to take the first black hole photo in history.
Statements shared by the ALMA team:
“ALMA Services Affected by Cyber Attack| The ALMA observatory in Chile suffered a cyberattack on its computer systems at 6:14 am on Saturday 29 October, forcing its astronomical observations and public website to be suspended.”
“The observatory had limited e-mail services. The threat has been contained and our experts are working hard to restore the affected systems. The attack did not compromise ALMA antennas or any scientific data.”
“Given the nature of the event, it is not yet possible to predict a date for the return to regular activities. We are grateful for the support throughout the ALMA partnership and apologize for any inconvenience caused by the recovery efforts.”
No new information has been shared yet:
In the shared official statement, it was stated that the hacking event was under control before the announcement. There is no information yet on whether operational activities have returned to normal.
The first image shared from ALMA:
ALMA had been operating in a fully operational manner since March 2013. The first image from the telescope was taken during the test stages, It was shared on October 3, 2011.