It caused havoc on an unprecedented scale, putting as many as 18 million computers and corporate networks worldwide out of commission, and thus causing incalculable losses. In Taiwan there was chaos and consternation as thousands of computers in the postal service were infected, forcing one third of post office branches to be closed.
全世界頓時陷入空前災情，約 1800 萬部電腦的伺服器或企業網路無法使用，損失無法估計；在台灣，數千名台電腦當機，三分之一的郵局窗口因此作業停擺，民眾怨氣沖天，場面混亂。