> http://news.com.com/2100-1002-998238.html?tag=lh > Patch issued for Windows NT flaw > By Robert Lemos > Staff Writer, CNET News.com > April 24, 2003, 12:05 PM PT > > Microsoft on Thursday released an update for Windows NT that fixes the > critical vulnerability that allowed an intruder to sneak onto a military > server running Windows 2000... > ...The vulnerability took the software giant's security group by surprise > because a security researcher wasn't the source of information about the > problem. Normally, a researcher or hacker who finds a vulnerability will > announce the details publicly or to the software's creator. Instead, the > attack on the military server was Microsoft's first notice that the flaw > existed... >
