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Virus Infects Space Station Laptops (Again)

By Ryan Singel August 26, 2008 | 2:22:55 PMCategories: Hacks and Cracks

Viruses intended to steal passwords and send them to a remote server infected laptops in the International Space Station in July, NASA confirmed Tuesday.

And according to NASA, this wasn't the first infection.

"This is not the first time we have had a worm or a virus," NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries said. "It's not a frequent occurrence, but this isn't the first time."

That suggests that even in the future where space travel becomes an experience to complain about, rather than get dressed up for, computer viruses will still be tagging along uninvited.

NASA downplayed the news, calling the virus mainly a "nuisance" that was on non-critical space station laptops used for things like e-mail and nutritional experiments.

planeterna låter

Jupiter och saturnus (samta andra) sänder ut radiosignaler, det är vad ni kan höra.

skunk bomb

Israel (som vi gillar) har skapat ett nytt vapen mot demonstranter. Skunk bomben, den skapades 2004 och testades 2008 i en stad på västbanken där demonstranter protesterade mot skyddsbarriären. Testet var framgångsrikt och demonstranterna skingrades.

Non lethal weapons we like:)

Kuriosa:

Israel har flest patent per/k i världen.
Det finns över 2,5 milj judiska internflyktingar i mellanöstern och inre Asien.
Israel är den enda demokratin i mellanöstern.

Grön

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