[Full-Disclosure] [Fwd: Edwards AFB shut down by W32Blaster] (fwd)

From: Ron DuFresne (dufresne_at_winternet.com)
Date: 08/17/03

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Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:39:23 -0500 (CDT)

         Computer systems at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., were shut down this
    week as a result of the "Blaster" computer worm.
         The desert base is home to the Air Force Flight Test Center, which conducts
    work on the B-2 and B-1B bombers, the airborne laser, the Global Hawk unmanned
    aerial vehicle, the new F-22 Raptor jet fighter, the Joint Strike Fighter and
    other high-tech weapons.
         "We stopped access to our base computer network Monday about 2 p.m. because
    of the Blaster worm," said Air Force Lt. Col. Kerry Humphrey, a base spokeswoman.
         "We don't know how much damage was done, but we're slowly but surely
    getting our system back on line."

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