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Conficker Worm Strike Reports Start Rolling In

Posted by Soulskill on from the be-on-the-lookout dept.

Nieriko writes "Reports are trickling in about the impact from the Conficker worm, as infected systems passed zero hour at midnight and began downloading additional malicious components. Here are a couple of the more notable incidents caused by Conficker so far, according to published reports: — '... shortly after midnight local time, an ATM in the capital city of Reykjavik began spewing 100-Krona notes. ... A nuclear missile installation near Elmendorf Air force Base outside of Anchorage, Alaska briefly went on a full-scale military alert after technicians manning the bunker suspected that several of their control systems were infected with Conficker.'"

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  1. Re:Yeah, April Fools... by h4rm0ny · · Score: 4, Interesting


    I saw a crashed ATM in the UK some years ago that appeared to be running either NT or Windows 2000. Something from around that era, anyway. It was pretty disturbing to see a floating "illegal operation" dialog box on a screen I had previously assumed was some simple and secure dedicated system.

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  2. Re:I think its infected my car. by Talderas · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Some of my scripts spit out 9.5 GB log files.

    See?

    http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=goodlogsgonebad.png

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    "Lack of speed can be overcome. In the worst case by patience." --Znork
  3. Re:The damndest thing with these stories today by gmuslera · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The problem with Google announcements is that they released GMail in Apr.1st. Back in its time, gb of free mail space, working spam filter, and even the interface, then that was almost as unbelievable as the pidgeon powered search engine..

    What if they REALLY got the singularity, and they are officially announcing it now?