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Trojan-Infected Computer Linked To 2008 Spanair Crash

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 20, 2010 @12:49AM from the blue-screen-of-literal-death dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Two years ago, Spanair flight JK-5022 crashed shortly after takeoff in Madrid, killing 154 of its 172 passengers and crew. El Pais online newspaper reports that the ground computer responsible for triggering an alarm after three failures are reported in a plane failed to do so. The computer was infected with trojans (Google translation of Spanish original)."

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Shit. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · 2010-08-20 00:54 · Score: 5, Funny

Holy Safety-critical system running Windows and apparently not adequately air-gapped, batman!
1. Re:Shit. by Rob+Riggs · 2010-08-20 02:07 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Did you remove the networkcable too?
  No can do, my friend. Anti-virus software is useless without a network connection to keep the virus definitions up to date.
  
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Re:What operating system was used? by TheKidWho · 2010-08-20 00:57 · Score: 3, Funny

I take it you've never worked with real people before?
Re:Windows? by WrongSizeGlass · 2010-08-20 01:02 · Score: 3, Funny

No, but this computer was running the old version of Flight Simulator.
Just need a super cable by Ripit · 2010-08-20 03:00 · Score: 3, Funny

Pop one of these AKDL1's on it, and the machine is immune to trojans.