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Monday, February 5, 2007

The virus CDC never saw coming

Posted by Noah Gardenswartz on Mon, Feb 5, 2007 at 6:31 PM

CDC Web Site Attacked By Virus

ATLANTA (AP) -- Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are concerned about a different kind of virus: a computer one.

Hackers broke into the CDC's Web site last week and planted a virus that could have infected visitors' computers. CDC officials said the hacking was concentrated to the agency's podcast site -- which has audio and video clips on a variety of public health topics -- and they do not think any sensitive information was compromised.

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Oh, the irony!

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