Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

1 of 290 comments (clear)

  1. Nice one to get by jayhawk88 · · Score: 5, Informative

    From Symantec's site:

    It then attempts to steal sensitive information for the following online games:

            * ZhengTu
            * Wanmi Shijie or Perfect World
            * Dekaron Siwan Mojie
            * HuangYi Online
            * Rexue Jianghu
            * ROHAN
            * Seal Online
            * Maple Story
            * R2 (Reign of Revolution)
            * Talesweaver

    Oh noes, now how will the astronauts be able to play their Japanese MMO's?