A Virus Gets Lost in Space
I got into some news in various technology websites. A virus made it through space. Not the live microorganism that can be cultured in little petri dishes, but a malicious software program that we commonly encounter in our home computers.
photo credit: isouthpawi (SXC)
The virus name is Gammima.AG, a worm made to steal login usernames and passwords from popular online games. It was not the first time that NASA carried viruses into orbit, but this news somehow broke from a space news website (SpaceRef) and became such a hit.
I think that virus writer would be quite surprised and proud that his (or her) virus made it through the astronaut’s laptops and made it beyond the earth’s atmosphere. Too bad that writer will not have that opportunity to travel with that virus through space.
Here is the link to one of the articles.
