Worker with Memory Stick Halts Council [Edition 2]

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A COMPUTER virus crippled a London council for weeks after a worker accidentally plugged an infected memory stick into a computer.

The virus spread rapidly, forcing Toryrun Ealing council to cut internet and phone links to preserve "core systems and data". Further shutdowns followed when the network was re-infected twice in the next week and all terminals had to be rebuilt or replaced.

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Worker with Memory Stick Halts Council [Edition 2]

It cost Ealing Pounds 501,000 for ...

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