The ALMA observatory, the world's largest radio telescope located in the middle of Chile's Atacama Desert, is fortifying its computer systems against cyberattacks.
A group of hackers had infected part of the infrastructure last October, crippling observations for a month and a half.
"The attack has accelerated the implementation of cybersecurity-related projects and strengthened coordination with the security offices of organizations that are important partners of our astronomical facility," Christian Saldías, head of information technology at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here