[pchelpers] News:Virus spreads data, scandal over Winny
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:41:25 +1200
CARL FREIRE
Associated Press
TOKYO - A computer virus that targets the popular file-sharing program
Winny isn't the most destructive bug or even the most widespread. But
it's the most talked about in Japan as it generates headline after
headline, month after month.
The malware, called Antinny, finds random files on Winny users' PCs and
makes them available on the file-sharing network. So far, the data
leaked have been varied and plentiful: passwords for restricted areas at
airports, police investigations, customer information, sales reports,
staff lists.
The constantly updated virus seems to have spared no one - airlines,
local police forces, mobile phone companies, the National Defense
Agency. Even an antivirus software manufacturer has suffered.
"The virus has been quite effective in getting information off a user's
computer and onto the Internet. The data is supposed to be secret, so
people are quite sensitive about it," said Tsukuba University computer
scientist Kazuhiko Kato.
More here:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/14801373.htm
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