Re: Recent Attacks

[apotter () icsa net]

The technological solution will come.  Filtering is part of the solution, and 
will come soonest.  The REAL solution will likely take a while, since, as MJR 
points out, it's a hard problem.


That leaves us with the social issue.

The thinking in the Anti-Virus community about how to deal with this (social 
issues) has long been to catch one of the buggers and nail his hide up on the 
wall as a deterrent to the rest of `em.

It's significant to note that the Melissa author will be sentenced in May.  
Hopefully he, and the fella described below, will get their hides "tacked up" 
in such a way to help with the social issue.

don () netspys com said:
> Yeap, that what we just finished doing in Virginia. Had a copycat come
> after us Sunday morning. Tracked him down within 2 hour of the attack
> and he was sitting in jail within 24 hours of the attack for felony
> computer trespass.

> Hit em hard and fast. 

And publicly....


AL
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