International Space Station Infected With Malware Carried By Russian Astronauts 226
DavidGilbert99 writes "Nowhere is safe. Even in the cold expanse of space, computer malware manages to find a way. According to Russian security expert Eugene Kaspersky, the SCADA systems on board the International Space Station have been infected by malware which was carried into space on USB sticks by Russian astronauts."
Oh, the irony... (Score:5, Funny)
Skynet transported into space by sneakernet.
In space.... (Score:5, Funny)
They say that in space nobody can hear you scream, but I'll bet they can hear you curse. #$%@#$%!!! MALWARE!!!!
Re:Linux... (Score:2, Funny)
Awesome! (Score:5, Funny)
I can't be the first guy to read this today and go, "Seriously? We infected computers on the ISS? That's freakin' awesome."
Re:Awesome! (Score:5, Funny)
We?
The article says cosmonauts with USB stick... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A Victory for Mass Consumerism! (Score:4, Funny)
Sure they can *order* stuff, it's just the *delivery* charges are out of this world.
Re:WTF? (Score:4, Funny)
So... Space Porn? (Score:2, Funny)
So... Space Porn?
Re:Oh, the irony... (Score:4, Funny)
Okay that's going to cause some confusion, because in Soviet Russia, vacuum sucks you.
That's nothing. In Soviet America internet browses you! And apparently Soviet Britain too, given the post earlier today. :\
Re:Oh, the irony... (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, go and inject reason and logic to a perfectly good paranoid rant. I hope you're proud of yourself.
Re:Oh, the irony... (Score:5, Funny)
Wait, are you saying that a computer virus can't stop lithium hydroxide from chemically absorbing CO2?
What a shitty virus.
Re:Oh, the irony... (Score:4, Funny)
"...where even without internet access, malware can infect systems..."
What a preposterous thought! There is absolutely no way a virus could spread to other computers without ... The Internet!