Posted Friday 22nd May 2009 15:24 GMT
Reads like part of the plot for the third Terminator movie. Skynet is about to become active.
Posted Friday 22nd May 2009 15:24 GMT
If operations are continuing as normal, wouldn't that indicate that the entire computer system affected is redundant?
Posted Friday 22nd May 2009 15:24 GMT
Oh my god I'm sure it's the swine flu. Has to be the swine flu.
Quick, grab your guns and shoot the sick b*st*ards on sight before they contaminate you.
Wait, waddyamean "network"? Does the swine flu contaminate computers now? Oh. My. Gawd. We're all doomed.
Posted Friday 22nd May 2009 15:24 GMT
"operations are proceeding as normal"
Bummer.
Posted Friday 22nd May 2009 15:34 GMT
What happenned in Terminator 3?
Let's just hope they don't use their newly-developed AI to clear out the virus!
Posted Friday 22nd May 2009 15:54 GMT
We know that monoculture is bad for security. How long is it going to take to do something about it in critical applications?
Posted Monday 25th May 2009 12:05 GMT
Me too.
I'd already braced myself for a rash of Tabloid scare stories on the dangers of the "FBI flu" and how you should avoid contact with the FBI, anyone associated with the FBI or, to be on the safe side, anyone who's been to America or knows where it is.
Hmm, law enforcement / swine flu. There's a "pigs" joke in there somewhere.....
Posted Monday 25th May 2009 20:09 GMT
"Each is downplaying possible fears that the breach might lead to the compromise of sensitive data"
Prove you havent been compromised.
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