US department of Commerce unit still offline, after it was hit 81 days ago

April 11, 2012

The virus struck in an e-mail 81 days ago, flagged by a federal team that monitors cyberthreats. The target was a small job-development bureau in the Commerce Department. The infiltration was so vicious it put Commerce’s entire computer network at risk.

To avert a crisis, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) unplugged its operating system — and plunged its staff into the bureaucratic Dark Ages.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-agency-a-loss-of-technology-has-had-down–and-upsides/2012/04/08/gIQAvpAY5S_story.html