International Meteor Organization Hit by Cyberattack, Weeks of Disruption Expected

The International Meteor Organization (IMO) experienced a cyberattack that took much of its website offline; the organization says the incident dealt a “critical blow” to aging infrastructure and expects several weeks of partial downtime while transitioning to new infrastructure. IMO has restored its fireball reporting service, but has not disclosed when the attack occurred, how the systems were compromised, what systems were affected, or whether any data was accessed or encrypted.