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Computer Virus Aboard the ISS

Submitted by alex on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:04
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So apparently the laptops on the International Space Station has caught the Gammima.AG worm. What's strange is that the laptops have no internet connection. Apparently the virus traveled on a USB flash drive belonging to one of the astronauts. This wouldn't of happened if they were running Linux on their laptops and not just on the mars rover.

Read the whole story here on Slashdot

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