Seeing these major banks get cracked by a six-month-old bug makes you
feel safe, yes? Of course, if you use MS SQL for mission critical
services, you deserve to be hacked. Yes, you have to patch all OS's
and software. But with MS, you have to reboot and that doesn't
indicate mission critical to me.
asj <kalim_at_xxxx.com> wrote in message news:<3E34B5AC.7B38_at_xxxx.com>...
> i'm sending out one email first thing tomorrow that will sum it all up
> to our IT head (and maybe other people can do the same):
>
> "THANK GOD WE DON'T RUN MICROSOFT SQL SERVER!" *
>
> * add links to the freaking mess SQL server created.
>
> oh, yeah, for those of you wintrolls complaining about lax patches, tell
> that to all those large multinationals that STILL got hit. the point is
> to NOT have to install f*cking MS patches every other freaking weekend!
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/26/internet.attack/index.html
>
> "Experts fear Monday could bring new outbreaks of the fast-moving
> computer worm that snarled business and government computers Saturday,
> slowing some corporate systems tothe point of inaccessibility.
>
> "Several companies, including Continental Airlines and Bank of America
> Corp., reported widespread computer problems Saturday.
>
> "Bank of America, one of the nation's largest banks, said many customers
> could not withdraw money from its 13,000 ATMs because of technical
> problems caused by the attack, according to The Associated Press. A
> spokeswoman, Lisa Gagnon, told the AP that the bank restored service to
> nearly all ATMs by late Saturday afternoon and that customers' money and
> personal information had not been at risk.
>
> "Continental said the worm attack led to scattered delays of no more
> than 90 minutes. Spokesman Jeff Walt said Continental's hub at Newark,
> New Jersey, was the most affected, but problems were also reported in
> Houston, Texas, and Cleveland, Ohio.
>
>
>
>
>
> asj wrote:
> >
> > two side by side headlines in cnn.com:
> >
> > gates (again!) promising greater security for microsoft products, AND a
> > headline on the new SQL Server worm wreaking havoc on Microsoft SQL
> > server 2000 users. no wonder we use oracle and apache instead.
> >
> > side by side pic:
> > http://www.blueboard.com/temp/news_headlines.gif
> >
> > stories:
> >
> > SQL Server 2000 Devastation:
> > http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/25/internet.attack.ap/index.html
> >
> > Security (or non-security) of microsoft products:
> > http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/01/25/microsoft.security.ap/index.html
Received on Mon Jan 27 2003 - 12:04:17 CST
