Lawsuit Takes on Microsoft Security Flaws: This kind of snuck in under the radar. There have been rumors for years about Microsoft being held accountable for the havoc its systems wreak when they get hit with another virus.
“The company today confirmed that it had received a proposed class-action lawsuit on Windows’ vulnerability to computer viruses, which could trigger ‘massive cascading failures’ in global computer networks.”
I wouldn’t mind Bill reimbursing me for the mess that was Sobig.
I guess we have to give a perverted hats off to the writer of the Sobig virus. He (she? it?) has effectively killed a big portion of the Internet, in my market at least. The last time I couldn't get to USAToday.com was on September 11, 2001.
