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Wednesday, January 29, 2003
System administrators blame each other for spread of Slammer internet worm, Sophos poll reveals
A web poll of more than 200 business PC users, conducted by Sophos Anti-Virus, has revealed that most blame their fellow system administrators for the spread of the SQL Slammer internet worm in the last few days. The Slammer worm (also known as W32/SQLSlam-A) slowed down large sections of the internet at the weekend, reportedly causing ATM machines in America to stop working and knocking large sections of the South Korean population off the web. 64% of poll participants felt that system administrators who failed to keep their systems updated with the latest security patches had been most at fault for allowing the Slammer worm to spread.
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