Of course the first thing that jumps to my mind is the ridiculous (and awesome) scene in the movie "Independence Day" where Jeff Goldblum infects the alien mothership with a debilitating virus inserted using some magical interface from is MacBook Pro tm.
But it's more mundane and there is no risk to the ISS.
Computer viruses make it to orbit
Nasa told SpaceRef that no command or control systems of the ISS were at risk from the malicious program.
Apparently there are some very savvy, high tech oriented astronauts that failed to install any anti-virus software on said laptops...that is an epic fail.
The laptops carried by astronauts reportedly do not have any anti-virus software on them to prevent infection.
Original story here: NASA Discovers Computer Virus Aboard the International Space Station
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