The recent "CodeRed" virus attacks on several government ministries and departments have now been contained, said energy, telecommunications and multimedia minister Datuk Amar Leo Moggie said Thursday.

"They can be contained because they are a normal occurence and what is important is for us to be cautious at all times to ensure that our security system is not breached in all networks," he told a press conference here when launching the e-Sunway exhibition at Sunway Lagoon here.

Moggie was asked to comment on the attacks which also affected the ministry of international trade and industry. The "CodeRed" virus also attacked the White House in the United States.

Moggie said the Malaysian Administration Modernisation Planning Unit (Mampu) had been informed of the attacks and it had provided recommendations on how to reduce the adverse effects of the attacks.

Source by The Malaysian National News Agency - BERNAMA
August 2, 2001