"SQL Slammer" Worm Slows Internet Traffic, Stops Some ATMs

Cash machines, Internet connections and the servers that sit at the heart of the Internet were affected by what experts are calling the worst worm since Code Red in 2001. A worm that attacks Microsoft's database software spread through the Internet over the weekend, causing some cash machines to stop issuing money, taking most of South Korea offline and slowing some Internet traffic in the United States.