Sydney-based Security Mailing Services shut down mail systems after staff ignored warnings from the company's IT department about the "love bug."
Full story to follow
Go to our ILOVEYOU Special Report
Tech Industry
News Burst: Love shuts mail systems in Australia
Companies have been forced to shut down mail servers this morning in a bid to stop the so-called "Love Letter" email worm from swamping their systems and those of their suppliers
More from Nicole Manktelow
-
![]()
-
![]()
-
![]()
Processors
-
![]()
Related Stories
- 1 of 3
-
Android adware tricks ad networks into thinking it's an iPhone to make more money
New Android adware discovered in 22 apps downloaded over two million times.
-
ACCC goes after Google, Facebook in the name of fake news and data transparency
The consumer watchdog wants to protect the integrity of news content in Australia by holding digital giants accountable over what is available and shared on their platforms. It also ...
-
What's actually in Australia's encryption laws? Everything you need to know
The controversial Assistance and Access Bill was 176 pages long, then 67 pages of amendments were rushed through in the final hours of debate. This is what we've ended up with. ...
-
Australia's encryption laws are a cyber cane toad: Husic
Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy Ed Husic continues to state problems with the Bill his party rolled over on and passed.
-
Labor slams Commonwealth's visa privatisation plan
Labor announces 'fight' against the privatisation of Australian border control.
-
Malicious sites abuse 11-year-old Firefox bug that Mozilla failed to fix
Bug dealt with in Chrome and Edge, but still a problem for Firefox users.
-
Those annoying sextortion scams are redirecting users to ransomware now
Sextortion emails take a dark turn and are now trying to infect users with the GandCrab ransomware.
-
Senator blasts FTC for failing to crack down on Google's ad fraud problems
US Senator says Google is profiting off advertising fraud and has no interest in addressing it.
-
DHS looking into tracking Monero and Zcash transactions
DHS has had great success with tracking and analyzing Bitcoin transactions already. They are now looking for similar solutions for tracking "privacy coins." ...
Join Discussion