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A massive computer shutdown of two South Korean banks and media companies occurred Wednesday via an Internet malware attack. The malware wiped out the master boot records on the hard drives of the infected computers, overwriting the MBR with either one of these strings:
PRINCPES PR!NCPES HASTATI. 
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Scoop.it!
A new Trojan horse tries to covers its tracks by crippling the victim's computer after stealing data, a security researcher said today.
According to Israeli security company Seculert, Shamoon relies on a one-two punch, first taking control of a system connected to the Internet before spreading to other PCs on an organization's network.
The second stage -- which kicks off after the malware has done its dirty work -- overwrites files and the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the machine. The latter makes the PC unbootable.
Read more: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9230359/Shamoon_malware_cripples_Windows_PCs_to_cover_tracks
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A massive computer shutdown of two South Korean banks and media companies occurred Wednesday via an Internet malware attack. The malware wiped out the master boot records on the hard drives of the infected computers, overwriting the MBR with either one of these strings:
PRINCPES
PR!NCPES
HASTATI.