* Jason Coombs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030125 16:49]: > Bank of America should never have allowed their ATM network to rely on > routes that could be impacted by non-ATM network computer systems. > > That Sapphire might have had this effect makes the sensibility behind > writing and releasing it even more apparent, if this was in fact defensive > work of a government agency as my speculation suggested. > > Jason Coombs > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard M. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 1:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Jay D. Dyson'; 'Bugtraq'; 'Full-Disclosure' > Subject: RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! > > > However, this worm might not be so harmless as it appears because of > collateral damage: > > Bank of America ATMs Disrupted by Virus >
It's a little early to be assuming that the ATMs were gummed up by network route congestion, isn't it? I find it entirely possible that their datacenter where the transactions are processed was the real scene of the outage, and not the individual ATMs or their routes. -- Benjamin Krueger _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
