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NASA describes out of this world data glitch that almost finished its planet hunter

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NASA’s highly successful Kepler space telescope has had more than its share of near fatal experiences.

The latest happened in April when the spacecraft went into “Emergency Mode” which among other things allows for priority access to ground-based communications via NASA’s Deep Space Network. NASA noted at the time that the spacecraft is nearly 75 million miles from Earth, making the communication slow. Even at the speed of light, it takes 13 minutes for a signal to travel to the spacecraft and back.

The spacecraft has since returned to normal function.

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Cybersecurity: The glitch in the US-China relationship – CNN

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CNN

Cybersecurity: The glitch in the US-China relationship
CNN
Cyber espionage has become such an expected reality in geopolitics that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recently admitted that it's "very likely" China — along with Russia — is reading his emails. But that's not the case with corporate espionage …

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NSA ‘technology glitch’ violated US Constitution, nabbed 56,000 emails per year from non-terrorists

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Court opinions declassified and released yesterday by James Clapper, the US Director of National Intelligence, have revealed how the National Security Agency (NSA) collected tens of thousand of emails from American citizens who had no known terrorism links.
Naked Security – Sophos

Facebook Groups privacy glitch – did social network move too fast and break things?

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Facebook users have been surprised to find they have been subscribed to Groups that they left years before, potentially allowing them to view sensitive and private information.
Naked Security – Sophos