The Conficker outbreak involved the Conficker worm infecting millions of computers worldwide.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 57 Details
“Conficker spread rapidly worldwide, ultimately infecting computers in over 190 countries worldwide”
Incident
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Also: Conficker outbreak
Global outbreak and response involving Conficker infections, coordinated mitigation, investigation, and suspected criminal operators.
Global outbreak and response involving Conficker infections, coordinated mitigation, investigation, and suspected criminal operators.
“something called the Microsoft Cabal was formed”
“Security teams all over the world feared that maybe there were instructions”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Conficker | Explicit | 57 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Microsoft Cabal | Explicit | 57 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Explicit | 57 |
The Conficker outbreak involved the Conficker worm infecting millions of computers worldwide.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 57 Details
“Conficker spread rapidly worldwide, ultimately infecting computers in over 190 countries worldwide”
Conficker INVOLVES Microsoft Cabal
The Microsoft Cabal was formed to investigate and stop the Conficker outbreak.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 57 Details
“In February 2009, something called the Microsoft Cabal was formed”
Conficker INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBI became involved in the hunt for the people running Conficker and received information from the organizations investigating it.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 57 Details
“The FBI started getting involved and the hunt began to look for whoever was running this worm”