'Slammer' worm could pick up steam Monday

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The worm, dubbed "SQL Slammer," attacked via a vulnerability discovered six months ago in SQL Server 2000 software from Microsoft Corp., according to Oliver Friedrichs, a senior manager with Internet security firm Symantec Corp. Microsoft has offered a free patch to fix the trouble spot, but not all users of the server software installed the patch.

Full Story here:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/26/internet.attack/index.html

 

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Well it looks like it didn't pick up to much steam. Now who's to blame for massive Net attack?