German nuclear plant infected with computer viruses

They're infected with Conficker? Wow they must *never* update their systems. That just shouldn't happen. And they're Ok with this because the systems aren't connected to the Internet. Wow oh wow.

The nuclear power plant of Gundremmingen is pictured on March 11, 2012. (Reuters Image)

Another very interesting comment that in the article unrelated to the power plant:

"As an example, Hypponen said he had recently spoken to a European aircraft maker that said it cleans the cockpits of its planes every week of malware designed for Android phones. The malware spread to the planes only because factory employees were charging their phones with the USB port in the cockpit."

"Because the plane runs a different operating system, nothing would befall it. But it would pass the virus on to other devices that plugged into the charger"

Umm. That must not be just a USB charger then. It must be attached to a FAT file system of some sort. (Android won't mount and ext* file system out of the box)

The article is from Reuters:

"A nuclear power plant in Germany has been found to be infected with computer viruses, but they appear not to have posed a threat to the facility's operations because it is isolated from the Internet, the station's operator said on Tuesday."

"The Gundremmingen plant, located about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Munich, is run by the German utility RWE"