US Drone's Infected by Spyware

It was reported on Friday that some of the U.S. Air Force's Predator and Reaper Drones have been affected by spyware.  The drone's hardware isn't directly infected; however, the controlling computers are.  The virus has been identified as a keylogger.

For those who aren't familiar with virus/malware/spyware terminology, a keylogger is a nasty little program that sits quietly in the background of your computer and records every keystroke that is made on your keyboard.  Usually this nasty software is used to capture personal data about the user.  Whether it be usernames and passwords or bank account information.  Once the computer is infected it becomes extremely easy for the bad guys to harvest the information (usually it's sent via an automated form of email or transmission).

The U.S. Air Forces released a statement making it known that the spyware has resisted their attempts at removal; however, it's presence isn't interfering with their missions.  Also, it isn't known whether or not the infection was accidental or not.  Either way, that isn't a good thing.