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Re:German nuclear plant infected with computer viruses, oper... by MichaelBurge on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @09:07AM (#11580012)
I could maybe understand it if it was a USB hub, and the phones all had a defect that meant rogue USB signals could infect them. So if 2 people plugged into the same hub at the same time, it could spread.

But if the claim is that the virus lie 'dormant' in the uninfectable plane OS, then I can't understand that.

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Re:German nuclear plant infected with computer viruses, oper... by nitrogen on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @02:32PM (#11583222)
USB devices cannot contact each other, only the master can communicate with the devices on the bus. It is a tree with one device at the root.
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