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>Kaspersky revealed that Russian astronauts carried a removable device into space which infected systems on the space station. He did not elaborate on the impac
by kylemaxwell 13y ago
>Kaspersky revealed that Russian astronauts carried a removable device into space which infected systems on the space station. He did not elaborate on the impact of the infection on operations of the International Space Station (ISS).
>Kaspersky said he had been told that from time to time there were "virus epidemics" on the station.
Given the total lack of supporting evidence here, I'm going to stick a big ol' [citation needed] sticker on this.
- DanBC 13y agoIt's not controversial. A tiny bit of web searching would have turned up reliable sources. here's one from a while ago. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/malware-detected-at-the-international-space-station/1806 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/malware-detected-at-the-i... It's even been on HN before. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5770145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5770145 EDIT: Sorry! This is really grumpy.
- kylemaxwell 13y agoThanks for the references (and no worries on the "grumpiness" :) ) but I still don't think this qualifies as an "epidemic", to use Kaspersky's wording.