A cyberattack has shut down the website of the premier international organization responsible for tracking meteors. The International Meteor Organization (IMO) has continued tracking asteroids and meteor through its Facebook page, but its website now carries a static page notifying visitors of the cyberattack. “We recently suffered a cyberattack that dealt a critical blow to aging infrastructure, taking much of our site offline,” the organization said. “We expect several weeks of partial downtime as we transition to new infrastructure and services. We will bring features back as they become available.” The IMO said it prioritized restoring its fireball reporting system, which is now available to users for submissions.

Full report : Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by “critical blow” from a cyberattack.