Posted on 04/16/2004 3:34:01 PM PDT by TheBattman
I hadn’t heard anything via the news today, but the DIS (Department of Information Services) the department responsible for upkeep of the state’s computer systems (Government, Schools, etc.) instructed all schools statewide that all computers, including workstations, servers, etc. MUST be shut down at the end of the school day today (Friday 4/16/2004). This is to apply to ALL computers tied in with the state network.
The reason? An unmanageable number of viruses and an attack by hackers (probably allowed in via the email worms infecting the system).
The network is suppose to be completely down through 8:00 AM Monday morning.
Locally, our technology folks are having to change all passwords on EVERY workstation on campus because of one of these hacker attacks that supposedly compromised passwords campus-wide.
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