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Message-ID: <20030126020559.GP6163@surreal.seattlefenix.net> From: benjamin at seattlefenix.net (Benjamin Krueger) Subject: RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! * Jason Coombs (jasonc@...ence.org) [030125 16:49]: > 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 > It's a little early to be assuming that the ATMs were gummed up by network route congestion, isn't it? I find it entirely possible that their datacenter where the transactions are processed was the real scene of the outage, and not the individual ATMs or their routes. -- Benjamin Krueger
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