'Super' virus stealing information
Source: Xinhua |
October 2, 2010, Saturday
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COMPUTER experts have warned that a "super" virus has attacked more than 6 million personal computers and almost 1,000 corporate computers in China.
The Stuxnet cyberworm can break into computers and steal private information, especially from industrial firms, sending it back to a server in the United States, said Wang Zhantao, an engineer at the Beijing-based Rising International Software Co Ltd, an antivirus service producer.
The super virus makes use of a bug in Siemens auto-control systems used in industrial manufacturing to skip security checks, Wang said.
The virus can copy itself and spread via U-disk in the network of a company and government.
"Hackers may take control of a company's machinery run under computers infected by Stuxnet, and give dangerous orders causing serious damage," he said.
The company has software to kill the virus, which can be downloaded free from the company's official website, he said.
China had 420 million Internet users as of June, according to the China Internet Network Information Center.
The Stuxnet cyberworm can break into computers and steal private information, especially from industrial firms, sending it back to a server in the United States, said Wang Zhantao, an engineer at the Beijing-based Rising International Software Co Ltd, an antivirus service producer.
The super virus makes use of a bug in Siemens auto-control systems used in industrial manufacturing to skip security checks, Wang said.
The virus can copy itself and spread via U-disk in the network of a company and government.
"Hackers may take control of a company's machinery run under computers infected by Stuxnet, and give dangerous orders causing serious damage," he said.
The company has software to kill the virus, which can be downloaded free from the company's official website, he said.
China had 420 million Internet users as of June, according to the China Internet Network Information Center.
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