![]() "The fact that there have already been four variants tends to indicate that they are refining the code and looking for a way to spread it before the patches are in place," he told BBC News Online. Richard Archdeacon, technical services director from security firm Symantec, said the next 24 hours would reveal how far the worm would spread. Previously disruption at Taiwan's national post office, Hong Kong government departments and hospitals, Australian railways and the Westpac bank were all blamed on Sasser. The coastguard said rescue work remained unaffected by the virus outbreak even though staff were forced to use paper charts rather than digital maps. ![]() Machines at investment bank Goldman Sachs, the European Commission and British Airways and 19 regional offices of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency all fell victim to Sasser. ![]() The virus was reported to have hit up to 300,000 machines at Deutsche Post making it impossible for staff to hand over cash. Whatever the final numbers the worm's four variants have racked up an impressive list of victims between them.
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