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 war zones.
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 US military's most important weapons system.
"We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back," says a source familiar with the network infection, one of three that told Danger Room about the virus. "We think it's benign. But we just don't know."
The NSA was too busy reading your little sister's diary to fix it.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday October 11 2017, @04:00PM (7 children)
Incompetence? [cia.gov]
If it is, it does seem to follow the revolving door policy in their hiring practices [soylentnews.org]
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @05:25PM (6 children)
Are you trying to add "cred" to your teeny posts by including random links now?
TFA bleats that the virus is effectively harmless, even though it is persistent, shooting your "sabotage" link in its kneecap. And then you appear to suggest, without any evidence, that the USAF is hiring Equifax IT personnel (or vice versa).
Daft doesn't begin to describe you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @05:32PM (5 children)
:-) But 'stalker' does begin to describe you! Really, do learn about reading comprehension. It is kind of important in a text forum.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @05:50PM (4 children)
Physician, heal thyself! [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @05:57PM (3 children)
Yes, please do!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @06:22PM (2 children)
I do believe you're locked in a loop. This is a net positive for humanity. Therefore I will continue to trod on the trail you have blazed:
Nuh uh; YOU!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday October 11 2017, @06:52PM (1 child)
Don't mistake a loop for infinite recursion. Hopefully not tail recursion.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @07:26PM
Ohgeez, now DannyB's here now instead of just us two! Forking tail recursion!!!