SOBIG CAME FROM SPAMMERS

Two lousy tastes that taste horrible together--spammers may have created the Sobig virus to make a buck. That thing attacked me at work, and seems to have been the fastest spreading virus ever. It even brought down the CSX train lines on the Eastern seaboard for a few hours this morning, screwing up commutes until the train managers figured out a workaround. On the heels of the Blaster worm, which attacked me at home for a couple days last week and managed to shut down the Maryland Vehicle Administration for nearly two days, one might suspect that we're under some sort of general cyber attack. Blaster and Sobig attacked in different ways, but both were highly effective and tough to control. Their appearance coinciding with last week's blackout make we wonder if there isn't a relationship in there somewhere, either planned or accidental.