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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."

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  1. Re:This isn't alarming... by Ahnteis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    >>Mod parent up! [a] by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Thurs, Nov 31, @13:

    Your SIGNATURE is a request for a mod up? That's just pathetic.