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PALO ALTO, CA, April 1 (Reuters) – Malicious software installed on millions of computers has yet to wreak havoc on technology systems worldwide as some fear, but researchers at Stanford warned that the “Conficker worm” has been activated and begun to strike its intended target.

Also known as Downadup or Kido, Conficker turns infected PCs into slaves that respond to commands sent from a remote server that effectively controls an army of slave computers or “clones.” Researchers feared that the network created by Conficker might be deployed on Wednesday for the first time since the worm surfaced last year because its code suggested it would seek to communicate with its master server on April 1.

Beginning at 9:00 AM (GMT) in Eastern European Countries, multiple simultaneous attacks were launched by a vast army of the slave computer clones on all electronic records of anything related to the “Star Wars” universe. Millions of electronic Bothans have already been erased from existence. All traces of the Empire, the Republic, Jedi, Ewoks and even previously believed invulnerable plucky-slave-boy-hero/villains have been destroyed. The attacks are progressing West across the face of Europe and are expected to jump the Atlantic before the sun passes its zenith.

Skywalker Ranch has gone into a full state of lock-down. Lucasfilm is asking its fan-base to remain calm. George Lucas is reported to safe and hard at work analyzing the “Conficker worm” for any small vulnerability in preparation for a climatic counter-attack in his custom bunker at an undisclosed location.