Meteor-tracking nonprofit crippled by cyberattack, faces weeks-long outage

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A nonprofit organization dedicated to tracking meteors has been severely disrupted following a cyberattack. The attack has been described as a critical blow to the group's operations. As a result, the organization expects to remain largely out of commission for several weeks. The incident highlights the growing vulnerability of scientific and research-focused nonprofits to cyber threats.

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