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NASA Employees Duped in Chinese Phishing Scheme Targeting U.S. Defense Software

[email protected] (The Hacker News) · 2026-04-24 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

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T1566.002Spearphishing Link
70%
“nasa employees duped in chinese phishing scheme targeting u. s. defense software the office of inspector general ( oig ) of the u. s. national aeronautics and space administration ( nasa ) has revealed how a chinese national posed as a u. s. researcher as part of a spear - phishi…”
T1684.001Impersonation
42%
“nasa employees duped in chinese phishing scheme targeting u. s. defense software the office of inspector general ( oig ) of the u. s. national aeronautics and space administration ( nasa ) has revealed how a chinese national posed as a u. s. researcher as part of a spear - phishi…”

Summary

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has revealed how a Chinese national posed as a U.S. researcher as part of a spear-phishing campaign to obtain sensitive information from the space agency, as well as from government entities, universities, and private companies, in violation of export control laws. "For years, NASA employees