http://www.pcworld.com/article/157829/uk_ministry_of_defence_stung_by_rapidly_spreading_virus.html By Jeremy Kirk IDG News Service Jan 16, 2009 The U.K. Ministry of Defence is in the midst of an electronic fight with a computer virus that rapidly spread through its computer networks starting Jan. 6. The virus infected computers throughout the military, including those used by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, and is one of the most severe attacks the organization has ever faced, according to a Ministry of Defence spokeswoman. "Obviously with a computer system of our size we are fighting off viruses daily, but not of this scale," the spokeswoman said. "I don't think we've ever had an instance like this before." The virus has affected e-mail systems and Internet access but has not jeopardized war-fighting systems, she said. Due to pre-existing security systems, no classified or personal data was compromised, the Ministry said. Just 27 percent of the Ministry's computers meet current data security standards for holding classified information and personal data, it said earlier this week. About 31 percent of systems meet some standards, while the rest are being evaluated. [...] _______________________________________________ Please help InfoSecNews.org with a donation! http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.htmlReceived on Fri Jan 16 2009 - 07:47:40 PST
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