The IT industry has demonstrated its fumbling approach to dealing with major security issues once again with the outbreak of the Code Red worm.
If Microsoft feels embarrassed at being caught out by Code Red after so publicly warning the rest of the world about it, then the software giant can console itself that it's not alone. Associated Press and FedEx have reportedly fallen victim to the bug and Register readers have told us that Computer Associates' network was downed by the Code Red worm last week.
Despite repeated attempts we haven't been able to get CA to either confirm or deny this rumour, which (if true) would be highly embarrassing for a firm that is such a big player in the security market.
Among the other casualties of Code Red was accident prone telecoms equipment manufacturer Lucent Technologies, which advised users to help it patch up its servers after IT staff discovered that at least 200 of its systems were infected by the worm. A memo was sent around to all Lucent staff on the issue, which we republish below.
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Source: The Register
