Re: RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434!

["Nick Jacobsen" <nick () ethicsdesign com>]

No, the Morris worm did not necessarily down entire countries, but if you
look at the percentage of the internet (DARPA/ARPA Net) that it downed, I
would still say that this worm does not even come close.

Nick J.
Ethics Design
nick () ethicsdesign com

----- Original Message -----
From: "madsaxon" <madsaxon () direcway com>
To: <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK
PORT 1434!


> At 08:29 PM 1/25/03 -0500, Matt Smith wrote:
> > Guys,
> >     This puppy is FAR from harmless and I mean far, This SOB is gonna
> > wind up worse than Code Red, Nimda, or even the great worm of '88.  I
> > doubt very much the Morris Worm downed ENTIRE COUNTRIES, as Sapphire did
> > to South Korea today.  Cyberterrorism has been spoken of for years.
> > Well, guess what boys and girls, it's here, right now. :(.
>
> OK, granted this thing is a nuisance, and it's sucking up bandwidth
> like a sponge.  But...let's not get carried away and start labeling it
> "cyberterrorism."  How many people have died today as a direct result of
this
> worm?  I'm not talking about someone who got hit by a car crossing the
street
> to look for another ATM.  How many have been injured?  How many
> innocent victims have suffered long-term trauma? Have any demands
> been issued?  Has any terrorist group claimed credit?  Has any real,
> quantifiable physical damage been done?
>
> I don't actually know the answers to any of the above questions.  But
until
> we do, or unless we want to change the definition of terrorism the way
> we have, say, 'hacking,' let's try not to add to the FUD that's already
> swirling madly around this issue...
>
> M5x
>
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