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drone fleet infected by computer virus

  • FatHobbit
    http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/10/tech/innovation/virus-hits-drone-fleet-wired/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

    The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military's Host-Based Security System, has not prevented pilots at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada from flying their missions overseas. Nor have there been any confirmed incidents of classified information being lost or sent to an outside source. But the virus has resisted multiple efforts to remove it from Creech's computers, network security specialists say. And the infection underscores the ongoing security risks in what has become the U.S. military's most important weapons system.
    "We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back," says a source familiar with the network infection, one of three that told Danger Room about the virus. "We think it's benign. But we just don't know."
    That does not give me a lot of confidence. Wtf
  • gut
    The temptation to surf porn on military computers must be very strong. I'm sure it's breathtaking on the super HD monitor and gigabit connection speeds.
  • derek bomar
    linky?
  • FatHobbit
    derek bomar;928845 wrote:linky?
    D'oh!

    I'm too stupid to paste.