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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is already contending with delays to its missions because of the widespread teleworking prompted by the coronavirus pandemic Agency Inspector General Paul Martin conveys that the agency must contend with how that teleworking affects its cybersecurity He adds that about 90% of NASA\'s employees and contractors have been working remotely since March and phishing attempts have doubled and malware attacks have increased exponentially American University cybersecurity researcher Diana Burley claims that the increase is not unique to NASA Larger numbers of employees logging in from their home networks increase the number of points through which hackers can attempt to gain information from government agencies and companies, and employees who may be \'distracted, frightened, and fatigued\' with juggling work and personal responsibilities may be easier targets Employees are worried about meeting their basic needs and are less likely to attend to seemingly lower priorities like cybersecurity
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