Variants of the Zotob worm caused damage to Visa and American Express' internal networks yesterday, but both companies said their transactional systems were unaffected. However, carmaker Holden had to pay a bigger price.
Havoc caused by variants of the Zotob worm could have been far worse had they not contained 'flaws', security companies said.
Law enforcement officials have arrested two men suspected of unleashing of a pair of computer worms, including last week's Zotob, which hit servers at Holden, American Express, The New York Times and elsewhere.
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