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FBI, US Marshals Hit By Virus

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday May 23, 2009 @02:15AM from the nothing-tommy-lee-jones-can't-handle dept.

Norsefire writes "The FBI and US Marshals were forced to shut down part of their computer network after being hit by a 'mystery virus.' FBI spokesman Mike Kortan said, 'We are evaluating a network issue on our external, unclassified network that's affecting several government agencies.' Nikki Credic, spokeswoman for the US Marshals, said that no data has been compromised but the type of virus and its origin is unknown."

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Re:Terminator opening weekend by ImYourVirus · 2009-05-23 02:38 · Score: 0, Redundant

Might first thoughts exactly, skynet...

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Re:They should use macs by CarpetShark · 2009-05-23 03:16 · Score: 1, Redundant

Which, of course, is because Dell and Apple are sponsoring the show. This has been happening for years; Amiga used to sponsor the Neighbors soap, and so people had Amigas on the show. They went with Macs later, probably because they got better/alternate sponsorship from Apple then.