Viruses OTD
2016-04-27 15:33:42.570118+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
German nuclear plant infected with computer viruses, operator says.
A nuclear power plant in Germany has been found to be infected with computer viruses, but they appear not to have posed a threat to the facility's operations because it is isolated from the Internet, the station's operator said on Tuesday.
Thereby demonstrating a severe lack of understanding the difference between the problem in this particular case vs systemic failure:
The other gem from this article:
As an example, Hypponen said he had recently spoken to a European aircraft maker that said it cleans the cockpits of its planes every week of malware designed for Android phones. The malware spread to the planes only because factory employees were charging their phones with the USB port in the cockpit.
It further goes on to say that this wasn't a threat to the aircraft, but could pass on the virus to other phones plugged into the charger. Which says two things:
- What's it doing in the cockpit? Is this part of the in-flight entertainment system?
- Watch carefully what you charge your phone off of.
Okay, three things:
- You're still taking off your shoes at the TSA checkpoint. Just sayin'.