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French Fighter Jets Grounded by Windows Virus

by Terrence O'Brien on February 9, 2009 at 02:15 PM

French War Planes Grounded by Conficker
Just how powerful is the Conficker Windows virus? Well, according to French publication Libération, the notorious worm is powerful enough to ground French fighter planes.

The systems of the French Navy were infected by Confiicker on January 12 and taken offline to isolate the infection and clear the systems. Two weeks later, the systems are still offline and many weapons systems along with them.

This, of course, raises serious questions about the security of French government systems. Their inability to defend against a computer virus -- one that Microsoft sent advanced warning of and has already patched the vulnerability to -- goes a long way towards explaining the French reputation, at least on 'The Simpsons,' as cheese-eating surrender monkeys. [From: CNET]

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