Editor’s Note: The following was written in the spirit of April Fool’s Day. Brian is following the story and if there are real reports of outbreak, he’ll report them in a separate post. Reports are trickling in about the impact from the Conficker worm, as infected systems passed zero hour at midnight and began downloading additional malicious components. Here’s a quick roundup of some of the more notable incidents caused by Conficker so far, according to published reports: – A nuclear missile installation near Elmendorf Air force Base outside of Anchorage, Alaska briefly went on a full-scale military alert after technicians manning the bunker suspected that several of their control systems were infected with Conficker. According to wire reports, the remote facility temporarily moved to Defense Condition (Defcon) 3 in the pre-dawn hours, but quickly backed down from that posture. An airman at the installation who asked not to be