Antonov Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Uh-oh: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/virus-hits-drone-fleet/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfgun33 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Oh wow. That's messed up. Wonder how that happened. Maybe the machines are taking over. Lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sunliner Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Oh crap, it's Skynet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zark Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Oh crap, it's Skynet! ... :rofl: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RotorheadTX Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Absolutely effing disgraceful!! Heads better roll over this one..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Impatient Pete Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 WOW! Drones...the wave of the future... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalo Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Oh crap, it's Skynet! WERE IS JOHN CONNOR!?!?!?!?!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VFA-103guy Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 WERE IS JOHN CONNOR!?!?!?!?!? hopefully breaking his mother out of the psych ward... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) Great. Some jackass airman or civilian probably infected one of the drives when he was trying to download something stupid from the web (videos perhaps?) and this is the result. Edited October 8, 2011 by Jay Chladek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 See i like that, you went with the less obvious choice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Maybe it is a trojan designed to activate when Steve Jobs died. ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Oh wow. That's messed up. Wonder how that happened. Maybe the machines are taking over. Lol. Or maybe it is a certain country on the Pacific rim that has an extensive history of hacking into US government IT systems? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom726 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 That's what happens when you rely on free Anti Virus software. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zerosystem Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Maybe it is a trojan designed to activate when Steve Jobs died. ;) inet has become self aware... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Stark Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 They have a plan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 They have a plan? Great. What are they going to do, make toast for us?! ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PNW_Modeler Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 They have a plan. fixed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 They have a plan. Yes, and it involves a certain soothing beverage... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevan Vogler Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 How long before some drone operator tries to get their drone to do something and gets this message in return: "I'm sorry, I can't let you do that" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Stark Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 They have a plan. fixed Fixed your fix. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fishwelding Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 It's largely immaterial who did it. Because it's repeatable. Whether it's another nation's state security assets, or some Mountain-Dew quaffing fourteen year old with the XBOX gamer-handle like "S0ledd Chronik" or "AyKayF0rtyS3v3n," the fact is that either attacking that country or kicking in that kid's bedroom door isn't going to solve the problem. Is there an unhackable system? Perhaps continually created or updated, at a rapid pace? Short of that, I'm not certain the problem is stoppable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dahut Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 (edited) Great. Some jackass airman or civilian probably infected one of the drives when he was trying to download something stupid from the web (videos perhaps?) and this is the result. This is what I was thinking before I even read the article. I mean, operators taking flashdrives in and out of the system? Sounds like we got cocky and grossly overestimated our own systems. Gee, like thats a newsflash. Its probably not a severe problem and can be fixed. But talk about embarassin'.... Edited October 10, 2011 by dahut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 (edited) This is what I was thinking before I even read the article. I mean, operators taking flashdrives in and out of the system? Sounds like we got cocky and grossly overestimated our own systems. Gee, like thats a newsflash. Its probably not a severe problem and can be fixed. But talk about embarassin'.... I'm more concerned with a virus that is planted into a network and just lays dormant until it is needed. Information warfare is truly the battleground of the 21st century. I saw some pics of a Russian hydroelectric plant that had a virus inserted into it's SCADA system and it was absolutely devastated. I don't get the warm and fuzzy that the US is adequately protected against a threat like this. Edited October 10, 2011 by 11bee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 (edited) It's largely immaterial who did it. Because it's repeatable. Whether it's another nation's state security assets, or some Mountain-Dew quaffing fourteen year old with the XBOX gamer-handle like "S0ledd Chronik" or "AyKayF0rtyS3v3n," the fact is that either attacking that country or kicking in that kid's bedroom door isn't going to solve the problem. LOL I can tell you are familiar with Live one of my favs was "harryballsagna" Edited October 10, 2011 by TaiidanTomcat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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