Virus aboard NASA’s space station laptop

August 27, 2008
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A virus was found in NASA’s space station laptop, the virus was removed after an antivirus scan. The virus identified as W32.Gammima.AG worm, generally affects online gaming system’s to steal logon information.
NASA officials believe it could have come through a USB drive of an astronaut. Though the threat was not a serious one and it was isolated soon, it has come as embarassment for the security procedures of NASA, world’s leading space agency.

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