Re: RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434!

[Benjamin Krueger <benjamin () seattlefenix net>]

* Jason Coombs (jasonc () science org) [030125 16:49]:
> Bank of America should never have allowed their ATM network to rely on
> routes that could be impacted by non-ATM network computer systems.
>
> That Sapphire might have had this effect makes the sensibility behind
> writing and releasing it even more apparent, if this was in fact defensive
> work of a government agency as my speculation suggested.
>
> Jason Coombs
> jasonc () science org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard M. Smith [mailto:rms () computerbytesman com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 1:11 PM
> To: jasonc () science org; 'Jay D. Dyson'; 'Bugtraq'; 'Full-Disclosure'
> Subject: RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434!
>
>
> However, this worm might not be so harmless as it appears because of
> collateral damage:
>
>    Bank of America ATMs Disrupted by Virus

It's a little early to be assuming that the ATMs were gummed up by
network route congestion, isn't it? I find it entirely possible that
their datacenter where the transactions are processed was the real
scene of the outage, and not the individual ATMs or their routes.

-- 
Benjamin Krueger
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