Air Force Says Computer Virus Wasn’t Directed At Military Drones
The Air Force says the computer virus that hit the unmanned drone program last month was not directed at the military systems, but was common malware used to steal log-ins and passwords used in online gaming. Air Force officials said the virus infected ground systems that are separate from drone flight controls and did not affect operations. If that is true, why did this make it public? The first reports said that it was a key logger, but now it’s not. Who knows what really happened here, but the bottom line is that the command center for the drones got a computer virus as that has not been denied.
An Air Force Space Command spokeswoman, Col. Kathleen Cook, says the infection was found on a small, portable hard drive used to transfer information between systems at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. The Air Force says the virus did not log computer keystrokes, but instead was designed to steal passwords from people who gamble or play games like Mafia Wars online.
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