Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet (opens in new tab)

(arstechnica.com)

29 pointsjackgavigan8y ago7 comments

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jdenning8y ago· 3 in thread

"it may be a common piece of malware that just happened to make its way into these sensitive networks" -- well, that's comforting! </s>

“We think it’s benign. But we just don’t know.”

Sounds like they got (had? since this is an article from 2011) this totally under control.

Well no-one makes a big fuss about getting the common cold now do they?

orf8y ago

They might if you worked in the CDC, with sensitive stuff.

This article is from 2011.

They should check their OS's privacy policy, this has become a normal behavior for a machine in 2017.

This story is so old that it's not allowed out after dark.

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