[ale] OT: Downadup/conficker worm makes MSM

[Pete Hardie]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 18:50, Robert Reese~ <ale at sixit.com> wrote:
>
>> The Register published a hilarious story about a hospital whose
>> network was brought down by the worm. They had turned off automated
>> Windows update, because they had a critical computer reboot on them
>> in the middle of surgery. Having turned off the updates, they
>> missed the one that would have offered them some protection.
>
> Good god, gives new meaning to the term Blue Screen of Death!  NOW we know what
> a Code Blue REALLY means!

Always mount a scratch monkey........


>
> I'm thinking there's a whole lotta IT positions being advertised at that
> hospital, and several former IT managers that are looking for work doing
> something other than tech.  Not to mention a legal team pulling their hair out
> looking to cover their assets.  Lest they be forgotten, the Public Relations
> person will be looking for a Really Big Raise (and a few bottles of Go-Away
> Grey).
>
> The Good News?  When the IT/Lawyer/PR/Admin person has high blood pressure, a
> heart attack, or an aneurysm or stroke caused by all this, the ER is close by.
> Oh, wait...
>
> R~
>
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