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All of the latest Mists of Pandaria newsInternational Space Station has a keylogger
by Michael Gray 
Aug 27th 2008 at 12:30PM
NASA has confirmed that the International Space Station has been infected by a keylogger. It was carried onto the station by an astronaut's laptop back in July. The keylogger in question is the W32.Gammima.AG -- which is specifically a gaming keylogger. In other words, the ISS has the exact kind of keylogger that plagues so many of us in WoW.
NASA describes the keylogger as merely a "nuisance," but at least two of the laptops on board had the virus. That probably means it arrived on one laptop, and a removable device like a thumb drive carried it to another. Kelly Humphries, a NASA spokesperson, said "This is not the first time we have had a worm or a virus. It's not a frequent occurrence, but this isn't the first time."
For security reasons, Humphries couldn't say whether mission-critical systems were affected by the keylogger. NASA is working with its Russian partners to figure out how the virus got space-born.
Here's hoping the International Space Station has their Blizzard Authenticators installed properly.
Filed under: News items, Account Security
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
BraveJoe Aug 27th 2008 12:35PM
What does this have to do with WoW?
NeSuKuN Aug 27th 2008 12:39PM
l2read
Tinious Aug 27th 2008 12:45PM
Definitely l2read....
...to save you the time - the virus in question is designed to steal online gaming accounts.
vlad Aug 27th 2008 1:17PM
so really its just all about a semi associatable story and just insert wowtalk.
its not a slow news day. theres lots going on. it just these bloggers are gatherers. they cant find their own news to report. they just copy and paste stories and add their own opinions to other websites news reporting.
whitcomb is the exception.
Andy Aug 27th 2008 1:32PM
It was an interesting article and I see no reason for them not to post it on wowinsider. It pertains to an mmo-account stealing virus on a space station. Who knows the dude could have been up there playing WoW!
I think we should all petition Blizzard to create a new achievement. First Player to do X while in orbit!
Alchemistmerlin Aug 27th 2008 1:32PM
Vlad, why do you even read this blog? You clearly hate it.
ablackflame Aug 27th 2008 1:33PM
you dont find it fascinating and a little terrifying that ISS has a keylogger?
not only that but one of the astronauts might be a wow player..not only that but be might be playing from space
that would be awesome
Makoto99 Aug 27th 2008 12:42PM
zomg NASA was buying WOW gold!
Oldbear Aug 27th 2008 12:50PM
Does that mean they play WOW is space?
Simon Aug 27th 2008 12:59PM
I didn't realise Blizzard had a space region of servers.
Ametrine Aug 27th 2008 1:15PM
Yeah... and the lag on the Ganymede and Io servers are a real pain in the ass.
ScorchHellfire Aug 27th 2008 4:32PM
well there already was an astronaut who played starcraft while in the space station so why not?...
oh and a big LOL to the freaking space station getting a keylogger! you would think that with the efforts of several countries to make something so high-tech they would be able to defend it with such a mundane threat...
hoviboy Aug 27th 2008 12:52PM
LOL
MechChef Aug 27th 2008 1:10PM
So I had good reason to be suspicious when Buzzaldrin whispered me with gold spam to check out NASAvipWoWgold.com
Bromnir Aug 27th 2008 3:21PM
Well, at least selling gold would help them alleviate their budget problems.
For Squirrels Aug 27th 2008 1:04PM
My guess would be it's a slow news day...
Dysfunkshunal Aug 27th 2008 1:06PM
Shouldn't they be playing Starcraft?
Mordakaii Aug 27th 2008 1:07PM
OH NOES!!! NASA has been hacking accounts since 04!!!
Daymon Aug 27th 2008 1:06PM
NASA is planning an outlands mission, LFG tank here :)
Daymon Aug 27th 2008 1:08PM
thats a very interesting news, you should step out the PC at least once or twice a month, rofl