Re: [Full-disclosure] “We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back”

["Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Per request.

From: andrew.wallace [mailto:andrew.wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 11:50 AM
To: "Christian Sciberras"; "full-disclosure"; Thor (Hammer of God); "Elazar 
Broad"; "Michael Schmidt"; "Michael T"
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] “We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back”

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Christian Sciberras 
<uuf6429@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:uuf6429@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/virus-hits-drone-fleet/
> This is news to me.
> Moreover, I'm a bit confused as to how they don't track how it's coming
> back.
> I mean, how is it possible that no one stepped in and analyzed how the virus
> acts and where it came from?
> It sounds fish if you ask me.
> Chris.
Locating the storage device infecting the systems, and tracking every military 
personnel and contractor who has had contact with the drones will take some 
time.
That was the problem with WikiLeaks and Stuxnet, but now new rules are being 
introduced by the White House to speed up this process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/us/politics/white-house-orders-new-computer-security-rules.html
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Andrew Wallace
Independent consultant
www.n3td3v.org.uk<http://www.n3td3v.org.uk/>

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