NASA Needs Some Security Software
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It may be a dubious first. NASA may be the first space agency to put a computer virus into outer space:
“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.”
link: Computer viruses make it to orbit
The question is ‘why do the astronauts not have anti-virus software installed?’ Even if the government does not fund for things like security software, some programs are free.
It must be that not enough astronauts read Chris Pirillo and Lockergnome.
Catherine
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Urban Underbrink
August 28th, 2008
at 4:44am
Who’d thunk a puter virus could exist in Space?
leftystrat
August 28th, 2008
at 6:07pm
Thanks for this very important post, forsythe.
I think it says a lot.
I don’t even feel that bad that you posted it before I did :)
Now all we have to do is figure out what to DO about it.
stupidity vs ignorance (virii in space?) ~ ThermionicEmissions
August 28th, 2008
at 7:16pm
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