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From: David Farber [mailto:dave@farber.net]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:28 AM
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Subject: [IP] Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/technology/internet/23worm.html?_r=1&hp
A new digital plague has hit the Internet, infecting millions of personal and business computers in what seems to be the first step of a multistage attack. The world’s leading computer security experts do not yet know who programmed the infection, or what the next stage will be.
In recent weeks a worm, a malicious software program, has swept through corporate, educational and public computer networks around the world. Known as Conficker or Downadup, it is spread by a recently discovered Microsoft Windows vulnerability, by guessing network passwords and by hand-carried consumer gadgets like USB keys.
Experts say it is the worst infection since the Slammer worm exploded through the Internet in January 2003, and it may have infected as many as nine million personal computers around the world.
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