A false news report is floating around that the International Space Station (ISS) was infected by the Stuxnet virus. A handful of media outlets have incorrectly reported that the Stuxnet virus, which became famous for sabotaging the Iranian uranium program, has been unleashed on the space station.
“Scientists, from time to time, are coming to space with USBs which are infected. I’m not kidding,” he said in his speech. “I was talking to Russian space guys and they said ‘yes, from time to time there are virus epidemics in the space station.’”
According to Kaspersky, these sophisticated viruses would cost about $10 million to build. He said half of all malware was written in Chinese, but these programmers apparently don’t care about their personal security because researchers regularly find personal photos and social network accounts on servers used in attack campaigns. He added that although Russian-coded malware was less prevalent than viruses from other countries, it is the most sophisticated in the world.