Conficker worm bites University of Utah

[DiscGo]

Conficker worm bites University of Utah

More than 700 computers at the University of Utah have been infected with the Conficker worm.

The hit includes computers at the university's three hospitals, the Associated Press reported early Sunday.

University spokesman Chris Nelson said the outbreak was detected Thursday, the AP reported. By the next day, the worm had struck at the hospitals, medical school, and the nursing, pharmacy, and health colleges.

Patient records have not been touched, Nelson said. IT cut off Net access for up to six hours on Friday in order to isolate the virus, the AP reported.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-102...g=2547-1_3-0-5

[blueeyes]

What ever happened to preventative maintenance?

We had about 4 emails telling us what we needed to do to protect our computers. They came two days after the warning on here showed up. I was already protected. Thanks Bogley.

[BruteForce]

Somebody was asleep in the IT department at the UofU. I got paged about their breakout and just couldn't believe they had unpatched computers.

Somebody should lose their job over this.

[Sombeech]

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