Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with the Gammima.AG trojan designed to steal login names and passwords for a number of popular online games. No critical command or control systems are said to be at risk as the infected laptops are used to run nutritional programs and provide the astronauts with e-mail access. According to the BBC "The ISS has no direct net connection and all data traffic travelling from the ground to the spacecraft is scanned before being transmitted." and the infection is suspected to have gotten on board via a flash or USB drive owned by an astronaut and carried into space. Perhaps its time to review the IT security policy?
