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RE: write viruses? it's controversy time of the month
From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:28:49 +1200
Larry Seltzer wrote:
I'm pretty sure Melissa was released on purpose. ...
Indeed -- see Richard Smith's and my posts on the issue.
... It spread further and faster than they guy expected, but it's all still his fault and on purpose.
Ummmm, he initially admitted to writing it, then lawyered up and started denying everything and making claims about it being much worse than he expcted, etc, etc. While it may be true that he did not expect quite the level of "devastation" Melissa caused, he certainly "expected" it to be big and he hoped, if not expected, it to be beigger than anything before it. See my response to Michael for the details that seem to have been conveniently forgotten (and/or that the FBI never took to court -- don't know why but they never persued the VicodiES/Alt-F11 links and voluminous evidence tying them all together; there were huge charges possible there as several VicodinES "creations" had adversely affected many branches of the US government and gov't departments...). Regards, Nick FitzGerald _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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