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'Blaster' Master Sought by FBI; Worm Problems Cost Businesses $500 Million.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2003
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By Tim Lemke, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 14--The FBI has begun an investigation into the origins of the "Blaster" worm, which already has a new variant and continued to wreak havoc on computer systems worldwide yesterday.
The worm has caused hundreds of thousands of machines to mysteriously crash and restart, costing businesses more than $500 million.
Also known as MSBlaster and LoveSan, it appeared Monday but spread ...uickly Tuesday, causing computers to crash at many businesses and government offices, including the Maryland ...
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