Here is an email we got today. It actually came as a rich text format, not a
word document, which is surprising. We are a very large multi-hospital
health system.
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This is to advise you that a new computer virus called "Nimda" is propagating
with unprecedented speed across the Internet. The virus worm is called
NIMDA [admin spelled backwards]. A number of [System name] Health servers and
desktop computers, primarily in [This city] have been infected.
Health Information Systems staff started last night to remove the
virus from our environment. The clean-up requirements are taxing IS
resources. We have disconnect the [This city] hospitals from the Internet
until we have cleaned up all infected servers and desktop computers. It is
anticipated that it will take all of today and maybe into tomorrow to rid
our environment of the Nimda worm.
As soon as our computing and network environment is safe, we will open
access to the Internet.
Vice President - Information Systems
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Here is the letter I sent to our CEO.
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Why don't you get rid of the Microsoft explorer and the Microsoft server
software in our system and end these problems? The netscape browser is immune
to this worm, for example. Currently, I am unable to go to Pub Med to get
timely medical information to help evaluate my pathology cases. I don't use
internet explorer.
My home computer web page has had thousands of "hits" by this worm in the
last 24 hours. No damage done because I don't use Microsoft server
software. Our IS people are negligent for allowing this worm to attack us.
And, this will happen again. What will they do to prevent future attacks?
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We will see what the response will be. I have raised security issues
(secretaries downloading and installing screen savers from the internet) before
with no response from IS.
Joel
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