LXer: Virus hits nearly 75% of systems on Afghanistan military base

LXer · 12-02-2008, 11:10 AM

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Earlier this month we saw the military ban the use of USB drives and other removable media. Apparently the virus outbreak that lead to this measure affected 75% of all systems at the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan....... This is really quite frightening.

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mostlyharmless · 12-02-2008, 11:54 AM

They were infected with a relatively obsolete worm (agent.btz according to the LA Times) because they didn't patch their Windows systems. Can't say I thought much of the reporting for accuracy, conciseness or anything else.