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Two More Computer Worms Wreaking Havoc for Businesses.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2003

By Christopher Carey, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 21--Two more computer worms are slowing corporate networks and clogging electronic mail systems this week, adding to the problems caused by a similar assault last week.

The worms have caused disruptions at a range of businesses and government operations, including CSX Corp., Air Canada and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

"I guess this is probably going to go down as the worst week on record for viruses and worms on the Internet," said Suzanne Joyce, president of TechGuard Security LLC in Chesterfield.

CSX Corp., the nation's third-biggest railroad, was forced to temporarily halt freight and passenger service Wednesday because one or...

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