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by Chris Matier on August 28, 2008

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A few laptops on the space station have come down with the W32.Gammima.AG worm. Now, I don't think that this means that NASA astronauts are busy playing online games (or does it), but it does demonstrate that no computer is really beyond the grasp of a virus as long as that computer is online or networked.
The biggest problem here is that such a high-profile infection is going to make virus-writers and wannabe virus-writers go crazy thanks to all of the press. When asked how bad the infection was, a NASA engineer said "I don't know and even if I did, I wouldn't be able to tell you for IT security reasons," - So there.
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Mr Wong
Vote for NASA - Your Virus Definitions are Out of Date:
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