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Why Hackers Are a Giant Threat to Microsoft's Future
Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:26 EST

Nobody in charge at Microsoft is likely to forget the dog days of August 2003. That month viruses and worms aimed at flaws in Windows software brought the Internet to its knees. Hard drives flooded with gibberish, computers and servers crashed, bogus e-mails proliferated, and for weeks, users fumed.

The attacks snarled the transcontinental flow of freight on CSX Corp.'s railroads. They shut down the Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles for a day. Air Canada lost the ability to make reservations.

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