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Conficker are across the world. Computer analysts say its like a sleeper cell, and it may be poised to suck Sensitive Data out of millions and millions of computers. It takes time to read the manuals. Im gonna save you that time. cause i stay home on saturday nights and read them for you. You and the rest of the geeks . Theres millions of us out there. Everybody, lets hear it geek squad [cheering] welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im steve kroft. In this edition, we take a look at technology. We examine how breaches in Digital Security threaten everything from Weapons Systems to bank accounts. Plus, we meet the mr. Fixits of the geek world. We begin with electronic sabotage. Nothing has ever changed the world as quickly as the internet. In less than a decade, the pentagons warning that it might be possible for a computer ....
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