BREAKING: Virus Hits Media Outlets

CNN is tracking a spreading computer worm that appears to be affected computers up and down the East coast at this hour, including CNN in New York and Atlanta, ABC News, and the New York Times. The virus shuts down and reboots the infected computer. Primarily, it’s affecting Windows 2000 computers.

Wolf “The Ironman” Blitzer has been pressed into service as technical problems kept Lou Dobbs from taking over at 6 p.m. CNN International has also been affected, so Blitzer is basically carrying CNN right now.

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