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Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard

Posted by timothy on from the thanks-for-using-windows dept.

jonman_d writes "The Sasser worm has recently disabled the computer systems of Britain's Coastguard. Naturally, this event raises even more doubts over the reliability of Microsoft software in critical systems. Moreover, it raises questions of responsibility: if the worm writer is caught, can he be held at least partially responsible for any deaths that occured during this outage?"

2 of 733 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Doesn't everything? by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 5, Funny
    and some clause in the Patriot Act
    doesn't everything? seems to me that it get stretched more than a rubber band.

    Questioning the intent of the Patriot Act falls under section 14 of the Patriot Act. I hope you don't have anything to hide terrorist, because the FBI are on their way.

  2. Re:The real question is by drsmithy · · Score: 4, Funny
    MacOS X ships with *0* ports open.

    So how do you remotely administer one of these machines ? Telekinesis ?