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Windows Virus Takes Out Gov't Agencies in MD, PA

Posted by michael on from the no-great-loss dept.

Zolzar writes "Looks like the Md. State Motor Vehicles Administration is the first government agency reporting a failure of their systems due to the recent virus." This is a more specific story about the outage. And the city of Philadelphia has suffered as well.

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  1. Linix might be just as vulnerable by ptarjan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I hate to have to say this to you guys, but the only reason Microsoft is having all these exploits published for their OS is the fact that they controll most of the market share!

    If linux starts to become prolific, you know what? People are going to start looking harder for worms and I can guarentee you that the same amount will start coming out for that OS.

    I'm going to have to sit on the other side of the fence for this one boys and girls. I don't think that this shows that Microsoft's OS's suck, it just shows that they are the best target.