Conficker — the most recent pandemic in cyber space — is said to be connecting machines, at home, office and campuse, into botnets controlled by masters spread throught cyber space. One consultant describes the potential of conficker as:
“If you’re looking for a digital Pearl Harbor, we now have the Japanese ships steaming toward us on the horizon,” said Rick Wesson, chief executive of Support Intelligence, a computer security consulting firm based in San Francisco.
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