Zotob hits NIPSCO call center

The Zotob network worm put the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) call center in Merrillville in emergency-only mode for several hours Tuesday.The call center was only taking calls for such emergencies such as outages, gas leaks or carbon monoxide leaks after the virus struck NIPSCO computers. The virus also struck computers at NIPSCO parent company NiSource Inc., which is headquartered in Merrillville.