Serious Damage Caused By CIH Computer Virus Spreading

Serious damage caused by the CIH computer virus spread across the nation.
The CIH virus has done fatal damage both economically and socially by destroying data stored on computer hard disks.
The total sum of damage caused by CIH is estimated to amount to several trillion won, including the cost of repair of computers infected with the virus.
The National Medical Center in Seoul lost their outpatients' data because 10 personal computers in its reception area were infected with the CIH virus on April 26.
CIH attacked 5 personal computers in a Seoul Station bank branch and destroyed all data about letters of credit(LC) stored in them. The bank tried to restore the data.
A middle school in Seoul postponed mid-term exams, scheduled to be taken this weekend, after its computers containing the exam questions broke down.
Vaccine development companies such as Ahn chul Soo's Institute and Hauri were flooded with calls from companies and educational organizations which are suffering from serious attacks by CIH virus.
Jangsoo Seo:jsbee@joongang.co.kr