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http://news.msn.com/science-technology/cosmonaut-accidentally-infects-space-station-with-virus?ocid=ansnews11

 

Russian security expert Eugene Kaspersky says that the infamous Stuxnet computer virus infected the International Space Station after being installed through a USB stick carried on board by a Russian cosmonaut.

 

I'm surprised they let something like this happen. The most expensive object in the sky is now infected and who knows what's happening to it. Are you guys concerned about this at all or do you think its not a big deal?

 

Some credit goes to @ for finding this.

 

 

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it was the north koreans

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This is why we can't have nice things. 

But the ISS? Really? Damn it guys..

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wonder how he managed that one

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someone's been watching porn

 

IN SPAAAAAAAACE

 

I must admit having some ...'alone time' without gravity sounds interesting. :P

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I must admit having some ...'alone time' without gravity sounds interesting. :P

uhhh no, you would soon be in a snow globe

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Pretty sure this is old news as this was one of the main reasons why they are switching over to Linux. 

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No one said it? Okay its up to me, have they tried Formatting C:\ ?

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But now they are using Debian instead of Windows

They really shouldn't have been using Windows to begin with, more bloat means more opportunity for crashes which cause downtime.

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I really don't think this was done on purpose, especially by Russia as they have quite a vested interest in the space station.l

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AHaha, I bet somewhere, in the hidden under ground of the hacker world. There is a conference, "Now lady and gentlemen's, I now present to you <enter hacker name here> Who is the first hacker to send his virus to space!"  *Crowds clap and cheer*

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