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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?"

5 of 733 comments (clear)

  1. Re:The real question is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    if 0 ports are on, how did you post this message? or did you forget about the web browswer?

  2. Re:He should be by the_real_nugator · · Score: 0, Troll

    In that case Microsoft should be charged with being an accessory to murder.

  3. Re:"no danger to the public" BBC by onebuttonmouse · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yup, I submitted that story yesterday (when it happened). It was rejected.

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  4. Leave MS out of this by ellem · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do you kow what to total fucktrd you have to be to get hit with this thing? Please -- cars can kill ou i you don't service them properly wanna sue Ford because you didn't properly inflate the tires on your SUV?

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  5. Re:He should be by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, you couldn't. All you have is a warranty that guarantees the product will be free from defects for a short period of time (usually about 90 days), and simultaneously protects the manufacturer against this sort of thing. So at most, you could return the product.

    Dumbass.