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Apparently the two people responsible for the Zotob worm have been locked up by the Moroccan judicial system for two years.
The worm caused havoc at a number of high profile organisations such as CNN and the Financial Times. The worm used the MS05-039 security vulnerability to attack Microsoft software back in August last year.
I would imagine that hacking is the last thing they will think about for the next few months.
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Posted by Nigel Stanley on 19 Sept. 2006
Tags: Company reputation, Denial of service, Hacking, Legal issues, Malware, Microsoft, Patch management, Promoting Security
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