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[Paul Jones <pjones AT metalab.unc.edu>]

For your reading pleasure

The headline says 'may have' for the article says yes yes they were
infected and didn't have their servers patched (confirmed). Most likely
they are wishing they were back on FreeBSD.
Also IBM shut down their entire network (jreuning noticed in phones calls
there and anony cow posted from inside the beast); isn't IBM the new Linux
company?

The original article can be found on SFGate.com here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/08/08/financial2044EDT0375.DTL
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Wednesday, August 8, 2001 (AP)
Microsoft may have been victim of Code Red worm

   (08-08) 17:44 PDT SEATTLE (AP) --
   It appears Microsoft Corp. hasn't been practicing what it preaches.
   The software giant on Wednesday confirmed that some of its MSN Hotmail
servers were infected with a Code Red virus, the computer virus that
exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft's own server systems.
   The news follows Microsoft's extensive public education campaign aimed
at getting users to download a simple patch that protects servers from the
virus.
   It wasn't immediately clear whether the infections discovered this week
were caused by the first Code Red virus or a second, more virulent virus
dubbed Code Red II.
   Both viruses exploit a vulnerability in the company's Windows 2000 and
Windows NT server software that was discovered earlier this year. Similar
attacks have caused massive Internet slowdowns over the past two weeks.
   Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said servers had since been patched and
that the company has been scanning its systems to make sure they were
safe.
   "We continue to take it very seriously," Desler said.
   MSN Hotmail is a free Internet service that has about 110 million
registered users, according to Microsoft.
   Desler said no customer data, customer e-mails or personal information
appeared to have been compromised in the attack. He also said the company
had had no reports of slowdowns because of the attack.

On the Net:
   Microsoft Security Patch:
www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-033.asp

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Copyright 2001 AP