Backdoor Trojan behind BigPond, Internet spam woes

Thu Oct 16 23:01:11 UTC 2003

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000048600,20279775,00.htm

Backdoor Trojan behind BigPond, Internet spam woes

By Andrew Colley, ZDNet Australia
15 October 2003

U.S.-based Internet security researchers have confirmed that a worm is
behind the sharp jump in spam activity battering Telstra's BigPond and
other major global ISPs since early last week.

UPDATE: BigPond service recovery may take 'several weeks'

By Iain Ferguson, ZDNet Australia
14 October 2003

Telstra has conceded it may be several weeks before BigPond e-mail service
levels return to normal as the telecommunications carrier wrestles with
delays caused by a steep ongoing surge in traffic.