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08-08-2001, 11:28 door hzlz

www.vnunet.com BT denies Code Red caused network meltdown By James Middleton [07-08-2001] BT has hit back at reports that yesterday's meltdown of its directory enquiries networks was caused by a Code Red virus attack. However, the telco admitted to vnunet.com that the blunder actually resulted from the defensive measures it has put in place to prevent security breaches. "All the defensive measures we put in place caused a slowdown in intranet traffic," a BT spokesman said. "In light of the Code Red virus we stepped up defences on the network. We had antivirus programs in place and there was no infection in the core data systems. The virus didn't affect the internal systems directly." He added that although the systems were not knocked offline, the traffic jam was enough to lock up directory systems and force operators to resort to manual means of finding numbers. Paul Rogers, network analyst at security firm MIS, said the telco was probably using Code Red as an excuse for another systems ...

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