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new worm called "Zotob" exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows 2000 program called "Plug and Play", has caused some chaos
in the media industry. Infecting computers at the ABC and CNN television networks, as well as the associated press, The New
York Times, and The Financial Times. CNN reported that it was causing them to restart repeatedly. Other corporations that
were hit included UPS, General Electric, and Caterpillar. The worm also hit two canadian banks Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
and BMO Nesbitt Burns. Soon after, Microsoft put out a patch to fix this. From Hackwire August 19
LAS VEGAS--A raucous conference crowd heard real-life attorneys battle over a hacker's guilt in a
mock trial held to illustrate how slippery electronic evidence can be in computer crime cases.
The mock trial, staged
Wednesday at the Black Hat Briefings security conference here, centered on whether a video game designer had violated federal
criminal laws by helping someone to break into U.S. Air Force computers. Hackwire July 8
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