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Trojan-Infected Computer Linked To 2008 Spanair Crash
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)."
Who puts Windows on anything even remotely mission critical? If you could blame someone, it should be the person deciding that.
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The Internet is not the only source of infection. What about removable media, removable drives, or other machines on a private network that can connect to either the Internet or removable media? Perimeter defences are part of good security, but they are not the whole of it.
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Does the 'War on Trojanists', begin? But seriously, someone wrote that virus. That means that someone, somewhere (probably Estonia), is guilty of killing 154 people.
Windows is easier. It's a byproduct of sloppy architecture.
It doesn't mean the others can't be compromised, but it's a fallacy to assume all OS's can be infected with the same level of difficulty.
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