French navy hit by Conficker and M$ offers a $250,000 reward
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| henke54 Feb 12, 2009 7:44 PM EDT |
Quoting:The French navy is the third major military organisation to be hit by Conficker following the RAF, which earlier in January saw computer networks at 24 bases infected, and the Royal Navy, which saw systems on 75% of its fleet turn wormy.http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/french-navy-surrenders-conficke... Quoting:On Thursday, Microsoft offered a $250,000 reward for information leading to the "arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally launching the Conficker malicious code on the Internet."http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/161847... |
| tracyanne Feb 12, 2009 8:52 PM EDT |
Tracyanne urges Individuals and Organisations to dump Windows and upgrade to Linux. |
| gus3 Feb 12, 2009 8:57 PM EDT |
I am gus3, and I approve of this message. |
| tracyanne Feb 12, 2009 9:24 PM EDT |
Quoting:One security software company, Panda Security, estimates Conficker has now infected 1 in 16 PCs world wide, labelling the worm a new “digital plague”. That's 1 in 16 Windows computers, just in case anyone is confused. |
| tuxchick Feb 12, 2009 10:41 PM EDT |
In other news, normal, rational people advised the Royal Navy to quit acting like they all had brainectomies, and that dumping the malware-friendly Windows would instantly cure their virus problems. |
| gus3 Feb 12, 2009 10:51 PM EDT |
@tracyanne: Maybe that really is 1 in 16 PC's. Including the Linux and *BSD systems would drive that ratio down. |
| azerthoth Feb 12, 2009 10:53 PM EDT |
OK OK, 2 in 31 *grin* |
| ColonelPanik Feb 12, 2009 11:31 PM EDT |
Everybody Panik! |
| jezuch Feb 13, 2009 3:00 AM EDT |
Quoting:responsible for illegally launching the Conficker malicious code Illegally? They didn't get a license from Microsoft to launch this "malicious code"? |
| bigg Feb 13, 2009 8:12 AM EDT |
Quoting:Microsoft urges individuals with information on the worm to contact international law enforcement agencies. Here's all the information you need to know: if you are running Linux, you won't get hit. I'll be calling INTERPOL shortly. |
| hkwint Feb 13, 2009 3:27 PM EDT |
Quoting:On Thursday, Microsoft offered a $250,000 reward for information leading to the "arrest and conviction Oh no, Microsoft starts to go after its own developers! |
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