Some people say who needs virus software and others think patching is for rainy days and as such, there’s no need to keep systems up-to-date. One of those "companies" is the French Navy. If you understand French, it’s been reported that the Conficker virus has taken their network by storm. Oops. They’ve had to cut network connectivity to the Navy network. Back to the telephone and snail mail for the time being boys…
Seems that it happened or was initiated on 12 Jan and was probably brought on to the network via a USB key. They say that it hasn’t affected the main "operational networks" but its still a kick in the teeth for a military type organisation for this to have hit them. Bet they start patching more frequently now and keep a tighter reign on things.
