Officials turn to Sandia National Labs for help on huge sinkhole

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption:  Bayou Corne sinkholein August The 300-foot-wide sinkhole that has threatened to swallow gas pipelines, homes and property in south Louisiana since August has drawn in experts from a national laboratory normally associated with nuclear research to figure out its cause. Homepage position: …

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Worm forces hospitals to turn away patients

Gwinnett Hospital System Inc. By Matt LiebowitzSecurityNewsDaily A damaging, fast-spreading computer bug forced an Atlanta-area hospital system to shut its doors for nearly three days last week and divert ambulances to other facilities. Gwinnett Medical Center’s two campuses, in Lawrenceville and Duluth, Ga., were forced to declare “total diversion” status…

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Computer worm forces hospitals to turn away patients

Gwinnett Hospital System Inc. By Matt LiebowitzSecurityNewsDaily A damaging, fast-spreading computer bug forced an Atlanta-area hospital system to shut its doors for nearly three days last week and divert ambulances to other facilities. Gwinnett Medical Center’s two campuses, in Lawrenceville and Duluth, Ga., were forced to declare “total diversion” status…

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