-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.ft.com/hippocampus/q14554e.htm <A HREF="http://www.ft.com/hippocampus/q14554e.htm">ft.com - Companies News / Asia-Pacific</A> ------ Friday August 27 1999 Asia-PacificFUJI: Bank bugs investors with rude e-mail By Gillian Tett and Alexandra Nusbaum in Tokyo One of Japan's biggest banks has embarrassed itself - and risked insulting some of its key investors - by e-mailing a computer virus to dozens of fund managers worldwide. The e-mailed memo was part of a public relations offensive by Fuji Bank, which last week announced plans for a merger with Industrial Bank of Japan and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank to create the world's largest banking group. The bug will make recipients' computers display a message from Fuji Bank on the 14th day of each month telling the viewer in English that he or she is "a big stupid jerk!". It also changes some of the names in the e-mail to "Dr Mountain Dew". Fuji yesterday admitted it had inadvertently sent out a virus to dozens of global investors in a memo describing the three-way alliance. When it discovered what had happened, it sent a second e-mail warning recipients about the bug and the insulting message. "I have never received anything like this from a Japanese bank before," said Brian Waterhouse, analyst at HSBC Securities. "I have also never heard of a case of a Japanese bank having a computer bug problem before. But I suppose that's a sign of technological change, and them catching up with the rest of the banking world." A Fuji official said yesterday: "This computer bug is absolutely no joke . . . we have never seen anything like this before. We are determined that this will never happen again." The bank said it had eliminated the virus from its own software. It denied suggestions that the bug might have been the work of employees opposed to restructuring, saying it had come from "outside sources". Fuji had produced the merger announcement in such a hurry that it had taken the unusual step of outsourcing some of its information technology procedures rather than relying on its own staff. ----- DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
