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Worm stows away aboard space station
Posted on 27 Aug 2008 at 11:41
A password-stealing virus has been discovered on laptops used on the International Space Station.
NASA dismissed the virus as a "nuisance", and claimed it was found on non-mission critical laptops used for emails and experiments.
The space agency says it is now investigating how the infected laptops got aboard the space station, and how it was spread - though a thumb drive is considered the most likely culprit.
Though NASA has not named the virus, spaceref.org which first reported the story claims the worm was W32.Gammima.AG worm, which was first spotted by Symantec 12 months ago and steals passwords for online games.
A PC used in space has also just landed in the labs. Designed to run software in shuttles and on space stations, the Space Cube is also the smallest PC in the world. Find out more here.
Author: Stuart Turton
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