BBC NEWS | Technology | Computer viruses make it to orbit

news.bbc.co.uk - 8/27/2008

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A computer virus is alive and well on the International Space Station (ISS). Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG. The worm was first detected on Earth in August 2007 and lurks on infected machines waiting to steal login names for popular online games. Nasa said it was not the first time computer viruses had travelled into ...

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NASA admits computer viruses have made it into space

— feeds.boingboing.net — NASA has admitted that a computer virus was taken to the ISS in July. And it's not... the first time! The laptops infected with the virus were used to run nutritional programs and let the astronauts periodically send e-mail back to Earth. The ... (more) NASA admits computer viruses have made it into space

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CrunchGear: Watch out, there’s a computer virus (well, worm) aboard the International Space Station

Gizmodo: Computer Virus Finds Its Way Into Orbit Aboard ISS Systems [Space, Infected]

Boing Boing Gadgets: NASA admits computer viruses have made it into space

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Watch out, there’s a computer virus (well, worm) aboard the International Space Station
CrunchGear — ... There’s a computer virus, Gammima.AG, aboard the International Space Station! NASA confirms as much, and has said that it—it’s technically a worm—has been roaming around the station since August, 2007. The worm, in truly dumb fashion, ...

Computer Virus Finds Its Way Into Orbit Aboard ISS Systems [Space, Infected]
Gizmodo — ... NASA further downplayed the story to the folks at Threat Level, saying this kind of thing happens "all the time." But still, whoever the fuck-up is that wrote this virus is now collecting massive, massive LOLZ in whichever basement he is currently calling home. [BBC, ...

NASA admits computer viruses have made it into space
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... tries to send them back to a central server. It targets a total of 10 games most of which are popular in the Far East such as Maple Story, HuangYi Online and Talesweaver. Nasa is working with partners on the ISS to find out how the virus got on to the laptop in the first place. That's certainly rather benign, but perhaps it's time to start thinking of Norton, NASA. Although come to think of it, Norton could bring down the Space Station by itself. Computer viruses make it to orbit

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