Unknown Nasty Virus Affects at least the Drones.

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Unknown Nasty Virus Affects at least the Drones.

#1 Post by nooby »

This is serious guys. Keep your Drones at home now.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10 ... rone-fleet
[quote]A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones.

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,
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#2 Post by Flash »

Why do you say the virus is new when according to the article nobody knows what it is yet? According to the article I read, it could even be an old virus that's being spread by the way they're trying to isolate from the internet (using removable hard disks.) If the control computers really are isolated from the internet, the malware, whatever it is, is unlikely to cause security leaks.

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Re: New nasty Virus to worry about. Drones affected.

#3 Post by tlchost »

nooby wrote: I better keep my Drone hidden in the Garage. :)
What a wonderful opportunity to make your own puplet, PuppyDrone
and make it available.

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An exclusive download from Nooby hosted on your server TLC :)
Coming not so soon on your preferred server.
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#5 Post by tlchost »

nooby wrote:An exclusive download from Nooby hosted on your server TLC :)
Coming not so soon on your preferred server.
You have some server locations....I would suggest the one in Romania...I can give you directions via a PM and you can hand-deliver it.

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