Keylogger Virus Hits U.S. Military Drones -- PC MagazineA keylogger of some sort has infiltrated classified and unclassified computer systems at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, recording the keystrokes of pilots tasked with operating unmanned drone aircraft in Afghanistan and other international conflict zones.
That's not exactly the kind of news one wants to hear coming from military representatives, but there's a silver lining to the infection: There are no confirmed reports thus far that any classified information has leaked out into the insecure waters of the Web. That said, the scope of the infection does still raise the possibility that information of some sort has been collected and transmitted to a third party, reports Wired's Noah Shachtman.
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