W32/Cowen Hits Comms Satellite
IT security and control firm Sophos has discovered that hackers have successfully infected the Far Polo L1 geo-stationary satellite with a virus known as W32/Cowen.
It is thought that a non-Irish space agency was engaged to host the W32/Cowen virus in orbit. Its communications satellite is now embedding subliminal images related to Fianna Fail into popular television programs such as "The Simpsons", "Friends" and even an Enda Kenny interview with Ursula Halligan's "Political Party" on TV3.
A spokesperson for TV3 told IrishDev.com this morning that the infected programmes have been shelved whilst a solution could be found.
