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Computer Virus Fells Russian Stock Exchange

Posted by Zonk on from the doesn't-pick-up-after-itself dept.

azav wrote to mention the New Scientist story detailing the computer virus that brought down the Russian Stock Exchange. From the article: "As the world waited for one computer virus to strike on Friday, another wriggled its way into the Russian stock exchange and knocked it offline. Computer experts had warned that 3 February could bring gloom for many as a computer virus called Nyxem was scheduled to start deleting files on machines it had infected."

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  1. Re:Good by masklinn · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Probably the new way of bashing MS. Since M$, Micro$oft and MicroShit are now deemed uncool, retards have to find a new way of naming it, cause, you know, typing MS or MicroSoft is offensive or something.

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