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Title: Malware linked to Madrid air crash
Post by: Clive on August 20, 2010, 17:52

Computer malware may have contributed to an air crash which killed over 150 people in Madrid in 2008, a Spanish newspaper has claimed.

LINK (http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/496586/malware-linked-to-madrid-air-crash)

Title: Re: Malware linked to Madrid air crash
Post by: Rik on August 20, 2010, 17:54

Now that is worrying. :(

Title: Re: Malware linked to Madrid air crash
Post by: Simon on August 20, 2010, 18:05

I guess where there's a computer, there's a malware threat.  :(

Title: Re: Malware linked to Madrid air crash
Post by: Rik on August 20, 2010, 18:20

Can you imagine if one got into air traffic control?

Title: Re: Malware linked to Madrid air crash
Post by: Simon on August 20, 2010, 19:05

I could...  but I'm sure they've thought of that.  :nerves:

Title: Re: Malware linked to Madrid air crash
Post by: Rik on August 21, 2010, 11:58

Wanna bet?

Title: Re: Malware linked to Madrid air crash
Post by: GillE on August 21, 2010, 12:24

It wouldn't surprise me if air traffic control software already incorporates various levels of difficulty, just like in games.  In fact, it's probably all a bit like playing a computer game.  You can build your own airline by refusing to let planes take off or land until they have paid you a fee which you can use to buy your own aeroplanes and open your own airfields.  I understand the software developers are currently working on a shoot-'em-up expansion pack.

Title: Re: Malware linked to Madrid air crash
Post by: Rik on August 21, 2010, 16:17

 :laugh: