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Holiday spirit helped double Storm worm; Wisconsin state agency mailing exposes data on 260,000

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Holiday spirit helped double Storm worm

Robert McMillan By Robert McMillan
Some clever, sexy Christmas-themed spam and a long holiday season helped the criminals behind the notorious Storm Worm more than double their network of infected PCs over the past few weeks, security experts say. Read full story

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