Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Worm Attack Prompts DoD To Ban Use of External Media

Posted by timothy on from the sehr-klug dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Pentagon has suffered from a cyber attack so alarming that it has taken the unprecedented step of banning the use of external hardware devices, such as flash drives and DVDs [...] The attack came in the form of a global virus or worm that is spreading rapidly throughout a number of military networks."

1 of 295 comments (clear)

  1. Re:This isn't alarming... by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why is everything in Windows managed by tools that do not come with the default installation?

    I can perfectly manage a Linux installation without 3rd party or "optional" tools found on some website. Windows requires X tools that provide basic functionality on their site, and not default on the CD.

    I hate that.

    --