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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Murder by malware: Can computer viruses kill?




Some people believe that it's impossible for a computer virus to be able to kill people. Though it seems like it would be impossible, in 2008, a computer virus was the murderer of 154 people from Madrid Spain.




While people were flying on an airplane comming from Madrid Spain, a trojan virus had infected the central computer system of the plane. This system was used to make an alarm go off which told the grounding gear to come out so the plane could land. This virus caused the alarm to not go off, causing the plane to crash because of trying to land without its landing gear.




















So you tell me, do you think that a computer virus has the capability to kill?




4 comments:

Anonymous said...

thats crazy. i dont want to die by computer virus

Anonymous said...

Danny,
Your effort here was 110%. I am absolutly impressed by what you can do when you put your mind to it. About the article, I think its horrible that somebody would want to do something like that to a plane full of innocent people and I think that they should be working day in and day out to find something that will put a STOP to these sick people in this world

Anonymous said...

Thats epic

Anonymous said...

I don't think I can get on an airplane again.