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Sasser hits more sites Posted by Mikko @ 14:11 GMT

More and more news on organizations that have been hit by Sasser is coming out.

According to the sources quoted below, there have been Sasser-related problems in organizations and companies all over the world, including:

- County hospital in Lund, Sweden (5000 computers and X-ray equipment offline)
- European Commission in Brussels (1200 machines offline)
- Coastguard in UK (19 regional offices offline)
- British Airways in UK (flights delayed)
- Westpac Bank in Australia (offices and call centers closed)
- Post Office systems in Taiwan (1600 machines offline, 400 offices affected)
- Heathrow airport in UK (computers at one terminal offline)
- Public courts in Cantabria, Spain
- Hong Kong government systems
- State hospital of Hong Kong
- Suntrust Bank in USA
- American Express in USA
- Nova University in USA

http://www.nova.edu/webct/index.html

http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/05/04/HNsasseramex_1.html
http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=131824
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2004-05-05-patch-chiding_x.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3683553.stm
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040504/tc_nm/tech_internet_sasser_dc
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3682803.stm
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/sfl-zsasser05may05,0,126738.story
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39146543,00.htm
http://www.elperiodico.com