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Ian David  (1000+ posts)        Fri May-20-11 10:26 AM
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After Layoffs, 'Pink Slip' Virus Hits Dow Jones Timing prompts rumors of sabotage 
 Edited on Fri May-20-11 10:26 AM by Ian David
After Layoffs, 'Pink Slip' Virus Hits Dow Jones
Timing prompts rumors of sabotage

Dow Jones has been battling the nasty “pink slip” computer virus all week. And its arrival just days after two dozen or so techs were laid off has led to speculation that the company was a victim of sabotage.

The timing of the infection, which hit May 12, was ominous, as 34 employees represented by the Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees, most of them techs, got actual pink slips a few days earlier. “Everybody’s saying that somebody left it as a going-away present,” a Dow Jones employee said. But Steve Yount, IAPE’s president, said he understood the virus was “’complicated and intricate' enough that it could not have been loaded and triggered in the time frame of Tuesday to Thursday.” The company is investigating the cause.

While the company ensured employees that its servers, network, and data weren’t compromised, the virus slowed down computers, and employees have been bombarded with voicemail and email messages ordering them to power down their computers until they can be cleaned. Emails spoke of a prescription drug-like "stinger" that was being used on "infected PCs" to "eradicate the active virus" and of the virus morphing so that antivirus software was ineffective, leading staffers to joke about the side effects of the antibacterial soap in the bathroom.

By May 18, the company had determined that the virus was designed to steal credentials from banking websites and directed employees not to use any banking sites for the time being. “It was a hassle and a pain in the butt,” said another employee.

More:
http://www.adweek.com/news/press/after-layoffs-pink-sli...

**** you, Rupert Murdoch!

WTF is he even talking about?

SpiralHawk  (1000+ posts)     Fri May-20-11 10:39 AM
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1. Could the Murdoch Billionaire Republicon cabal be sabotaging themselves?
 Edited on Fri May-20-11 10:41 AM by SpiralHawk
You know, creating a so-called distraction about the alleged Pink Slip virus they now claim is bugging them, to draw public attention away from their totally skanky, totally real, totally illegal, totally unethical international PHONE BUGGING skankitude?

I mean, with what we know about Republicon Family Cesspool Values, one could hardly be surprised to learn that this is what lies at the bottom of the Republicon Pink Slip Whining & Whimpering.
http://www.dailysquib.co.uk/thumbnail.php?file=cat_117/... 

Since that story broke the birth certificate has been released, Usama bin Laden has been iced...

...but Murdoch supposedly needs to manufacture a virus to distract.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1140301

Do these idiots ever read what they post before clicking the button?

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Their mastubatory fantasies about their "free ponies and unicorns" get in the way.

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Ian is one of the DUmmies that I would have to seriously stop myself from beating him to death if he ever crossed my path.

[BlueStateSaint]

Ian is one of the DUmmies that I would have to seriously stop myself from beating him to death if he ever crossed my path.

Yup.  Not sure that I'd have that level of self-control, either.