Comments on: Worm Shuts Down CNN, ABC, and New York Times

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 05:20:35 +0000

As usual for the media, it's all about the media.

I'm in the network business; my organization has been fighting the effects of Zotob nonstop since it hit.

This thing is having a far broader impact than just the media. Indeed, they're probably the least important of the major organizations being hit. Unless, of course, no one needs their paychecks, or food delivered to the grocery stores, or... well, you get the point.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:04:08 +0000

And this happened only a couple of weeks after I replaced my Win2K machine with one running XP.

But I have an alibi.

By: Herb

Herb — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:41:41 +0000

What do you know, One worm attacks other worms.

By: Danny Carlton: codenamed "Jack Lewis"

Danny Carlton: codenamed "Jack Lewis" — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:03:29 +0000

Virus attacks MSM

From CNN... A fast-moving computer worm Tuesday attacked computer systems using Microsoft operating systems, shutting down computers in the United...

By: VoIP Blog - Rich Tehrani

VoIP Blog - Rich Tehrani — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:58:15 +0000

Worm Shuts Down CNN, ABC and New York Times

The Zotob worm shut down Windows 2000 operating systems around the country today, including the computers at CNN, ABC, and the New York Times.Take a look at this article from Outside The Beltway Blog. Here is an excerpt.A computer worm...