CONFICKER SEIZES CITY’S HOSPITAL NETWORK

Posted January 21, 2009 

Network-wide update ban invites worm infection

Exclusive  Staff at hospitals across Sheffield are battling a major computer worm outbreak after managers turned off Windows security updates for all 8,000 PCs on the vital network, The Register has learned.

It’s been confirmed that more than 800 computers have been infected with self-replicating Conficker code. Insiders at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust said they suspect many more machines are affected but have not been reported to IT.

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