Re: Internet Attacks Hit U.S. Attorneys' Offices

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: H. Morrow Long <morrow.long () yale edu>

Ummm...  No security was compromised?  Isn't the fact that 40% (an
astounding number) of federal prosecutor's PCs were running a
particular virus or worm just the definition of 'compromised'?

'It just slowed the network down."  Hm...  No biggie :-)

InfoSec News wrote:

> The bugs affected 40 percent of the federal prosecutors' desk and
> laptop computers around the country, said Justice spokesman Mark
> Corallo. "No security was compromised, and it had no effect on
> evidence," he said. "It just slowed the network down."

- H. Morrow Long, CISSP
   Director - Information Security
   Yale University, ITS



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