In space, no-one can hear you reboot!
By Derek Watson, G2G3
The BBC carries a story today confirmed by NASA that Astronauts on the International Space Station were using laptops infected by the Gammima.AG virus. Furthermore the laptops which were running Windows did not have any anti virus software installed!
More and more we are told to ensure our computers and data are safe and secure from attack so it seems incredible computers carried into space are so vulnerable even if they are not ‘mission critical’.
A small step for man, a giant leap for the hackers!
The full news story can be found here
The BBC carries a story today confirmed by NASA that Astronauts on the International Space Station were using laptops infected by the Gammima.AG virus. Furthermore the laptops which were running Windows did not have any anti virus software installed!
More and more we are told to ensure our computers and data are safe and secure from attack so it seems incredible computers carried into space are so vulnerable even if they are not ‘mission critical’.
A small step for man, a giant leap for the hackers!
The full news story can be found here
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