Captain Kirk does not approve.

[zaimoni]

How artistic of the crackers:The Far Polo L1 satellite, placed in geostationary orbit to broadcast TV programs to a global audience, appears to have been infected by a virus known as W32/Shatner. Under the control of sci-fi obsessed hackers, the Shatner virus is embedding subliminal images related to Star Trek into popular television programs such

Comments

[sir_dave]

I find that hilarious! Should I?

[zaimoni]

I did as well. A proper sense of art and humor, does not obstruct appreciating the problems this exploit could cause in more malicious hands.

(Aside: this is the second satellite whose controls have been nailed by a Windows trojan/bot. I wonder how difficult disinfecting a satellite is, if indeed the infection is not terrestrial.)

A more refined sense of humor will be needed to laugh when the Matrixian blue pill trojans are finally deployed.