"Hackers Just Took Down One of the World's Most Advanced Telescopes"

Chile's Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory has suffered a cyberattack that has taken its website offline and forced it to suspend all observations. In the aftermath, email services were also restricted, demonstrating the hack's broad impact. ALMA, located at over 16,000 feet above sea level on a plateau in the Chilean Andes, is one of the world's most powerful and advanced radio telescopes. ALMA contributed to the first image of a black hole in 2019, as part of a collaborative effort that linked radio observatories around the world to form the Event Horizon Telescope. According to the observatory, ALMA's arsenal of 66 high-precision antennas, each nearly 40 feet in diameter, was not compromised by the hackers, nor was any of the scientific data collected by those instruments. The temporary loss of ALMA is a concerning development, especially for the thousands of astronomers worldwide who rely on its observations and the 300 experts who work onsite. Getting it up and running is a top priority, but the observatory announced that it is not yet possible to predict when it will resume regular operations. This article continues to discuss the hackers' takedown of the ALMA Observatory. 

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