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Virus Knocks Out U.S. Visa Approval System
GillBates0 writes "According to this story and many others, the State Department's electronic system for checking every visa applicant for terrorist or criminal history failed worldwide late Tuesday because of a computer virus, leaving the U.S. government unable to issue visas. The virus crippled the department's Consular Lookout and Support System, known as CLASS, which contains, among others, names of at least 78,000 suspected terrorists. It was unclear which computer virus might have affected the system. But a separate message sent to embassies and consular offices late Tuesday warned that the Welchia virus had been detected in one facility. Welchia is an aggressive infection unleashed last month that exploits a software flaw in recent versions of Microsoft Windows."
I think I speak for every credit-card holder when i say, DOH!
See, this is why I am switching to creating art instead of programming... large portions of the art world never "crash", unless a volcano erupts in Rome or something like that.
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I think I speak for every /. skimmer when I say, DOH! :)
Again, this is why I am switching to art... all those similar words (like VISA, visa) are confusing to me
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aka, georgewellian fuddite corepirate nazis, aka, phonIE payper liesense stock markup FraUDs, aka, the walking dead.
.compliant. if you think that you are already compliant, & it's somebody else, consider this a chance to rat them out, to gain re-admission to the onLIEn wwwhirled again, (c SourceForgerIE(tm) all rights reserved, you have none).
/.puppets.
.asp on that. when the lights come up, there'll be no going back, & no where to hide.
no problem? well, they're not quite surrendering/deleting themselves yet, but yOUR efforts are showing up here&there.
coming soon to/already on, yOUR desktop/network?:
Due to excessive bad posting from this IP or Subnet, comment posting has temporarily (permanently, if we could figure out how to do it) been disabled. If it's you, consider this a chance to sit in the timeout corner. If it's someone else, this is a chance to hunt them down. If you think this is unfair, we don't care.
alert: you've been lax in yOUR payper liesense 'upgrades', you're out.
alert: there's a rumour that you've been badmouthing/lowrating the corepirate nazis, & the naykid furor of the felonious kingdumb, you're out.
alert: looks like yOUR kids have been listening to music again, you're out.
alert: although you appear to be browsing regularly, you've failed to make a purchase recently, you're out.
consider this a chance to stare at your monitor screen, & plan how you can become
etc... lookout bullow. these foulcurrs haven't a clue yet, as to what J. Public can do, once he's peaced off. they live in a tiny wwworld, consisting of only their owned greed/fear based goals. they should get ready to see the light.
we're building a vessel that floats on almost any suBStance.
as to the newclear power/planet/population rescue initiative:
it's all free (as in survival), & available immediately to you/all of US.
as you can maybe already see, yOUR survival/success is not the least bit dependent on the gadgets/combinations of the greed/fear based corepirate nazis, & their phonIE ?pr? ?firm? buyassed
consult with/trust in yOUR creator. more breathing. vote with yOUR wallet (somtimes that means not buying anything, a notion previously unmentioned buy the greed/fear/war mongers). seek others of non-aggressive/positive behaviours/intentions. stop wasting anything/being frivolous. that's the spirit.
investigate the newclear power plan. J. Public et AL has yet to become involved in open/honest 'net communications/commerce in a meaningful way. that's mostly due to the MiSinformation suppLIEd buy phonIE ?pr? ?firm?/stock markup FraUD execrable, etc...
truth is, there's no better/more affordable/effective way that we know of, for J. to reach other J.'s &/or their respective markets.
the overbullowned greed/fear based phonIE marketeers are self eliminating by their owned greed/fear/ego based evile MiSintentions. they must deny the existence of the power that is dissolving their ability to continue their self-centered evile behaviours.
as the lights continue to come up, you'll see what we mean. meanwhile, there are plenty of challenges, not the least of which is the planet/population rescue (from the corepirate nazi/walking dead contingent) initiative.
EVERYTHING is going to change, despite the lameNT of the evile wons. you can bet your
we weren't planted here to facilitate/perpetuate the excesses of a handful of Godless felons. you already know that? yOUR ONLY purpose here is to help one another. any other pretense is totally false.
pay attention (to yOUR environment, for example). that's quite affordable, & leads to insights on preserving life as it should/could/will be again. everything's ALL about yOUR motives.
that old tune title (hope we don't get 'busted' for using it) "make the world go away", takes on new/varied meaning in these times.
the prevalent notion t
Don't get me wrong, they will still sell a lot of systems.
But businesses and government are discovering that there is a price for all the supposed "convenience" of the world's top proprietary software OS.
Seems like Bill G's philosophy of "first is better than good" is coming home to roost.
Sorry, there is no law that prohibits criminals or terrorists from obtaining credit.
Tell me again why VISA needs anything more than a credit report?
That's ok. I'll just get an American Express card instead.
I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar.
In many ways these people's rights are now forfeit.
Bullshit. These people are foreign citizens; what rights exactly do they have in the sovereignity of the United States that are now forfeit? All the rights guaranteed to them by national and international law are still in place; the only thing being denied them is entry into the United States, and if you're not a citizen of the US, you have no RIGHT to come here...
This got modded as a troll last time. I'm not trolling. Read the mod guidelines. I am seriously asking, what rights do these people have that are forfeit? I can't think of a single right that they had that being on this list denies them...
Modding down a post that you disagree with as a troll is an abuse of mod power. If you don't agree, then respond.
I am disrespectful to dirt! Can you see that I am serious?!
We covered the Windows Virus-of-the-Week(tm), EU software patents, and Verisign. But where are todays SCO, linux on odd/small device, spammers get theirs, and Knoppix stories?
(And what the hell is is with /. ed's and Knoppix? Do they friends on the Knoppix team or something?)
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - BF