Viruses, Security Issues Undermine Internet

Viruses, Security Issues Undermine Internet

Viruses, Security Issues Undermine Internet
Experts Contemplate New Version

By Ariana Eunjung Cha
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 26, 2005; Page A01

DENVER — E-mails were flooding in from all over the country. Something strange was going on with the Internet, alarmed computer users wrote. Google, eBay and other big sites had suddenly disappeared. Kyle Haugsness scanned the reports and entered crisis mode.

Part of the Internet was broken. For the 76th time that week.

Ariana Eunjung Cha of the Washington Post stresses the importance of guarding against online crime and fraudulent schemes that are pervasive on the World Wide Web.

In many respects, it is my hope that the University of Michigan’s fledgling Internet2 initiative will alleviate the burden of unscrupulous users on the new framework of the Internet.

However, for the time being, the problem is felt directly by me whenever I am attempting to persuade the elder members of my family to partake of the marvels of the Internet. Inevitably, the computing systems are improperly maintained and serviced, leaving them susceptible to a myriad of nascent online attacks.

26 June, 2005 |

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