<p>Did you catch the followup (slashdot I think) yhat the virus may actually be the security tool they just installed.<br>
I don't know what wories me more, remote controlled flying weapons systems that run windows or the process that allows windows to be used for this AND doesn't provide status updates on security packages.<br>
I wouldn't want any OS on those things. Specialized code that is extremely limited in scope may cost more but will lack a pile of default security issues (while creating new ones, I'm sure).<br>
So the drone control workstations are networked and run some version of windows.<br>
And half the states want those things as well for various "needs" domestically.<br>
Ugh. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 10, 2011 3:19 PM, "Rich Faulkner" <<a href="mailto:rfaulkner@34thprs.org">rfaulkner@34thprs.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Found this of interest on CNN<br>
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/10/tech/innovation/virus-hits-drone-fleet-wired/index.html?hpt=hp_t2" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/10/tech/innovation/virus-hits-drone-fleet-wired/index.html?hpt=hp_t2</a><br>
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The headline is (IMHO) sensationalized and likely blown out of proportion but, the prevalence of Windows based systems in our military infrastructure is most disturbing to me.<br>
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RinL
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