Microsoft PressPass: Microsoft Investigating Internet Worm

Microsoft PressPass: Microsoft Investigating Internet Worm "At approximately 9:30 P.M. Pacific Time Friday, January 24, Microsoft became aware of an Internet attack causing a dramatic increase in network traffic worldwide. Microsoft immediately began investigating the issue and learned of a worm targeting Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000-based and MSDE 2000-based systems not updated with the appropriate security patches. This worm does not appear to attack the data of infected systems."