Conficker Worm Strike Reports Start Rolling In 508
Nieriko writes "Reports are trickling in about the impact from the Conficker worm, as infected systems passed zero hour at midnight and began downloading additional malicious components. Here are a couple of the more notable incidents caused by Conficker so far, according to published reports: — '... shortly after midnight local time, an ATM in the capital city of Reykjavik began spewing 100-Krona notes. ... A nuclear missile installation near Elmendorf Air force Base outside of Anchorage, Alaska briefly went on a full-scale military alert after technicians manning the bunker suspected that several of their control systems were infected with Conficker.'"
Re:Yeah, April Fools... (Score:3, Informative)
In case you haven't guessed it yet, APRIL FOOLS!!! Seriously, if we get any real news about outages, deaths, or disruptions actually caused by Conficker today, you will read it here first.
Nevermind, nevermind. 'Twas a good prank.
You can tell who actually RTFA ... (Score:4, Informative)
The end of the Fine Article:
Re:Yeah, April Fools... (Score:5, Informative)
Really? I could have sworn the ATM I saw a while back sitting in an "altered" state was running a customized version of OS2.
A while back = a couple years though, so I could see it...
Re:The damndest thing with these stories today (Score:5, Informative)
From the article:
In case you haven't guessed it yet, APRIL FOOLS!!! Seriously, if we get any real news about outages, deaths, or disruptions actually caused by Conficker today, you will read it here first.
Re:April Fools! (Score:2, Informative)
A lot of ATMs run Windows. I know for a fact the RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) do.
Re:Yeah, April Fools... (Score:3, Informative)
A fair few ATMS in the UK run Windows. I've seen RBS, HBOS, Lloyds TSB and Abbey with Windows Error boxes/BSODs/Loading Screens. It's not totally uncommon.
Also, Here [lmgtfy.com]
Re:Yeah, April Fools... (Score:3, Informative)
Many, if not most, do run OS2. But some newer ATMs, especially those by new manufacturers, use windows.
A russian ATM [therawfeed.com] with a "You haven't activated yet" error message.
Re:I think its infected my car. (Score:5, Informative)
They all have agendas.
Re:I think its infected my car. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:The damndest thing with these stories today (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Genius (Score:5, Informative)
Re:I think its infected my car. (Score:5, Informative)
Your list is but an understatement of the depth of their leanings... at least Fox gives a conservative view - whereas the others do NOT.
What is amazing is that the real haters of Fox don't acknowledge the bias of the others. It's completely laughable.
Re:I think its infected my car. (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Yeah, April Fools... (Score:1, Informative)
I wrote ATM software in the UK for a few years.
The systems actually ran for the longest time on good 'ol OS2!
Re:I think its infected my car. (Score:3, Informative)
You know, nobody has ever given me an example of how Fox News is biased or twists its news. It's just an accepted punchline that nobody questions.
A UCLA-Stanford media study done a few years ago showed Fox News was the most centrist, with Brit Hume's show being the fairest of all news shows on TV. Naturally, the media didn't report this study very widely.
Re:I think its infected my car. (Score:3, Informative)
A Measure of Media Bias [ucla.edu]
Tim Groseclose
Department of Political Science
UCLA
Jeff Milyo
Department of Economics
University of Missouri
December 2004