US Air Force cyber division found out about the drones virus issue from Wired report

Get hacked, don't tell: drone base didn't report virus



Officials at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada knew for two weeks about a -- infecting the drone “cockpits” there. But they kept the information about the infection to themselves—keeping the unit that’s supposed to serve as the Air Force’s cybersecurity specialists in the dark. The network defenders at the 24th Air Force learned of the virus by reading about it in Danger Room.
The virus, which --, is now receiving attention at the highest levels; the -- who oversees the Air Force’s networks was briefed on the infection this morning. But for weeks, it stayed (you will pardon the expression) below the radar: a local problem that local network administrators were determined to fix on their own.




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Online gambling malware.


WASHINGTON - 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.
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.