[ale] OT: Downadup/conficker worm makes MSM

[ale at sixit.com (Robert Reese~)]

> The Register published a hilarious story about a hospital whose
> network was brought down by the worm. They had turned off automated
> Windows update, because they had a critical computer reboot on them
> in the middle of surgery. Having turned off the updates, they
> missed the one that would have offered them some protection.

Good god, gives new meaning to the term Blue Screen of Death!  NOW we know what 
a Code Blue REALLY means!

I'm thinking there's a whole lotta IT positions being advertised at that 
hospital, and several former IT managers that are looking for work doing 
something other than tech.  Not to mention a legal team pulling their hair out 
looking to cover their assets.  Lest they be forgotten, the Public Relations 
person will be looking for a Really Big Raise (and a few bottles of Go-Away 
Grey).

The Good News?  When the IT/Lawyer/PR/Admin person has high blood pressure, a 
heart attack, or an aneurysm or stroke caused by all this, the ER is close by.  
Oh, wait...

R~