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Worm launched from Seafarious' computer shuts down Win2K machines
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A fast-moving computer worm Tuesday attacked computer systems using Microsoft operating systems, shutting down computers in the United States, Germany and Asia.

Among those hit were offices on Capitol Hill, causing Mike Dewine to cry, which is in the midst of August recess, and media organizations, including CNN, ABC and The New York Times. The Caterpillar Co. in Peoria, Illinois, reportedly also had problems.
Rachel Corrie lives!
While the worm affects primarily Windows 2000, it also can affect some early versions of Microsoft XP. Symptoms include the repeated shutdown and rebooting of a computer.
Shoot. That happens all the time.
Microsoft has a downloadable patch on its security homepage.

What was causing the damage was unclear, although experts pointed to a new worm called worm-rbot.cbq. David Perry of Trend Micro, an Internet monitoring firm, said the latest worm may have been derived from the Zotob worm, which was first reported over the weekend. Ullrich, of the Sans Institute, said Zotob "will connect to a control server to ask for instructions. It scans network neighborhoods and tries to infect them, as well."

Around 5 p.m. problems began at CNN facilities in New York and Atlanta before being cleared up about 90 minutes later.
Since this article is from CNN, I guess they're still up
The New York Times also was able to bring its systems back up, and "newspaper production will not be affected," spokeswoman Kathy Park said.
Mission not accomplished.
Too much to hope for.
The White House said it did not have reports of computer problems.
Except an evil laugh from Karl Rove.
Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-17
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