full-disclosure - RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434!

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From: jasonc at science.org (Jason Coombs)
Subject: RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434!

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@...ence.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard M. Smith [mailto:rms@...puterbytesman.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 1:11 PM
To: jasonc@...ence.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