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Computer Virus Aboard the ISS

Posted by timothy on from the like-a-little-piece-of-home dept.

chrb writes "BBC News is reporting that laptops taken to the International Space Station by NASA astronauts are infected with the Gammima.AG worm. The laptops have no net connection; officials suspect the worm may have been transferred via a USB flash drive owned by an astronaut. NASA have said this isn't the first time computer viruses had travelled into space."

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  1. digital genocide by tverbeek · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If they're not more careful, we might find someday intelligent artificial life out there... and kill it.

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  2. NASA geeks FTW! by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What was all that shit about NASA astronauts being our best and brightest again?

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  3. Re:Solid proof!!!! by sir+fer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You pay general taxes, which the government uses to pay for NASA, education,

    And all their stupid pre-emptive wars of aggression to steal other peoples wealth.

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