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Old Worm Digs New Dirt At Pentagon

ColdWetDog writes "Remember the Agent.BTZ worm that caused significant problems at military installations back in 2008? Now, three years after what the Pentagon called the most significant breach of US military networks ever, new versions of the malware blamed for the attack are still roiling US networks."

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  1. malware infiltrated computer systems? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "The malware at issue, known as "agent.btz," infiltrated the computer systems of the U.S. Central Command in 2008" link

    Don't you mean someone opened an attachment in Microsoft Exchange or clicked on a URL in Microsoft Internet Explorer, or plugged a USB device into a computer running Microsoft Windows.

    Name : Worm:W32/Agent.BTZ

    Category: Malware

    Type: Worm

    Platform: W32 link

  2. Re:Ratcheting the fear for the masses by Charliemopps · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The government grants themselves even more power to circumvent the constitution while passing legislation absolving businesses from any legal mandate to secure themselves from what is clearly an unstoppable army of cyber criminals?