Thursday, 20. November 2008
Topic: SECURITY - on November 20, 2008 at 4:38:30 PM CET
US Army bans USB devices to contain worm
The US Army has reportedly suspended the use of USB and removable media devices after a worm began spreading across its network.
Use of USB drives, floppy discs, CDs, external drives, flash media cards and all other removable media devices has been placed on hold in order to contain the spread of Agent-BTZ, a variant of the SillyFDC worm, Wired reports. Such a temporary ban would cause inconvenience in any organisation, but for the US military it's an even more serious problem because in many locations email or online transfer of files are not viable options.
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