Internet Virus Reaches Outer Space
John Tyra | August 28th, 2008Is W32.TGammima.AG the first virus (well, worm, technically) to become intergalatic? Maybe, thanks to NASA, who admitted to Wired that a laptop aboard the international space station was infected with W32.TGammima.AG. To make matters worse, it appears that the infection was spread across multiple laptops on the station. Perhaps it’s time for NASA to invest in some AV software?
NASA did say, however, that it did not affect critical systems and was instead on laptops used for email. The space station can’t exactly access the internet, but they do have a KU band data link for email, data and video transfer according to Wired.
