According to reports, the French military ignored Microsoft’s Security Bulletin MS08-067 Critical Update ‘out of cycle’ warning and failed to install the necessary security measures, resulting in French fighter planes unable to take off after military computers were infected by “Conficker”.
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Naval officials said it suspected someone at the navy had used an infected USB key.
The French press also reported that the only consolation for the French Navy was that it was not the only ones to have fallen victim to the virus. It said that a report in the military review Defense Tech revealed that in the first days of January 2009 the British Defence Ministry had been attacked by a hybrid of the virus that had substantially and seriously infected the computer systems of more than 24 RAF bases and 75 per cent of the Royal Navy fleet including the aircraft carrier Ark Royal.
Telegraph.co.uk
French fighter planes grounded by computer virus
