Viruses on the space station

[A Nonny Moose]

From the BBC comes this story of how the Gammina.AG virus has made its way onto the International Space Station. So what did it infect? Thankfully, not the station critical items, but laptops carrying nutritional programs and email stuff.

 

So what is this virus? It's a gaming thing used to collect information (like your Warcraft username/password). It isn't as scary as it seems, but still, a virus making its way onto the space station is a cause for concern.

[Wyseman]

ATTENTION FELLOW ASTRONAUT,

 

MY NAME IS WOMBOSI NE LIGUAR FROM THE NIGERIAN SPACE AGENCY AND I HAVE MUCH VERY A DEAL WITH YOU.

 

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And the next thing you know, they were infected, and broke..