Virus hits Islip Town, MacArthur Airport computers
Tuesday, December 2. 2008
A virus attack crippled computer systems in Islip Town offices and at Long Island MacArthur Airport for more than a week but did not compromise operations or security at the airport, officials said yesterday.
The disruption, which began Nov. 20 and affected e-mail, individual hard drives and townwide servers, should be resolved today, town information management director Cedric Cleveland said.
The attack, which officials estimate cost the town more than $50,000, underscored the need to upgrade the town's outdated technology, Islip Supervisor Phil Nolan said.
The computer systems "were someplace back in the late '70s when we came into office" in 2006, Nolan said. "This year we're furiously advancing our systems to bring us at least into the 1990s."
A new $270,000 operating system was in the testing phase when the virus hit, and its adoption may be delayed by the attack, Cleveland said.
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