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Conficker Infects UK Parliament; Leaked Memo

Well, it appears that the malicious software, Conflicker, managed to work its way into the halls of the UK Parliament.

From The Register:

The House of Commons IT systems has reportedly been infected by the infamous Conficker superworm, which has previously infected millions of Windows PCs and affected the operation of hospitals, military and large corporate systems.

Political blog Dizzy Thinks first reported that a memo (below) sent out to parliamentary IT network users on Tuesday night warned that Conficker had disrupted the operation of parliamentary systems.

The infection has reportedly prompted a clean-up operation as well as a temporary ban on the use of mass storage devices, including MP3 players, on parliamentary systems.

For a full reprint of the memo follow the link below to the story on the Reg.

(thx Quine)

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