Posted on 10/07/2011 11:19:43 AM PDT by PapaBear3625
An unnamed computer virus is compromising the security of U.S. Reaper and Predator drones as they fly missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and Pakistan.
Wired reports the virus was found about two weeks ago and hasn't kept the drone pilots at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada from conducting missions.
There haven't been any reports of classified data breaches, but the virus has resisted the military's best efforts to remove it.
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The inmates are running the asylum.
75% chance - the ChiComs as part of their Cyber Total War strategy.
15% chance - the Russians, looking to curry favor with their friends in Iran and the Muslim world
10% chance - the Israelis, for future strategic purposes
Court-martial what ever fool used Microsoft
in DoD with access to the Internet.
I can’t imagine the drone cockpit CPUs have internet access.
Do they use USB drives or music CDs ?Bradley Manning comes to mind.
They might have USB drives. I believe that is how Manning downloaded all that info. That isn’t the same as internet access though. They may use flash drives to load flight data which is then stored elsewhere. I would think they would have a hard line for that though. I never had any interaction with any flight equipment.
I had heard about a sting operation recently where they left thumb drives lying around in the parking lots of buildings where DOD contract employees worked. If anyone plugged one into their work computer it immediately shut down and notified the admin, and they were terminated.
Wanting to see who would be stupid enough to put an unknown media source into the system.
Someone’s (if not many) career is certainly over though. You can bet on that.
Skynet is the virus!
I have contracted with DISA.
It is full of M$ zealots who believe
that windows is safe.They most likely use Sipernet
which is what was used by Manning.
I can’t imagine this not being some form of sabotage.
In the summer of 2009, U.S. forces discovered “days and days and hours and hours” of the drone footage on the laptops of Iraqi insurgents. A $26 piece of software allowed the militants to capture the video.
I’m looking at you looking at me ...
Another Bradley Manning homo type probably did it.
That’s the classified side of the net...right? It has a high and low side.
checkHowever it has been breached by sneaker-net.
Just as the Israelis breached
the Iranian Nuclear network.
Is there ANY reason for this information to be made public?
In my world, once you were aware of the problem you would take steps to fix it, identify the source of the virus and institute procedures to keep this from happening in the future but you most certainly don't tell the world about the problem unless there is an ulterior motive.
Bird Flu.
None of this is good, that’s for sure.
I am wondering the same thing. Kind of like putting a sign on your house that someone stole all of your guns and ammo and that your vicious dog died. Sometimes silence is a good idea.
This is B.S.
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