Re: I love you Author evidence ?

[mixter () NEWYORKOFFICE COM (Martin Ixter)]

If I'd release a virus, I'd put the e-mail of my biggest
enemy in the source, and state him as the author... I don't
see how an email in a worm/virus source can be more evidence
than irc logs you don't know where they're coming from...

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On Sun, 7 May 2000, Roelof Temmingh wrote:

> +
> +MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines said Sunday the United States was
> +helping to track down the source of the ``Love Bug'' virus that ravaged
> +computers worldwide and an official said the suspected hacker was a woman.
>
> Hey, I dont get it..really. If I released a virus, I would take some
> precautions:
>
> 1. Every single bit of data is sent and received from cybercafes
> 2. All information submitted (realname, address etc) are fictious
> 3. All sessions are executed from different cybercafes.
> 4. Where possible, anonymizers are used to hide physical location.
> 5. Where real information (such as credit card information) are used, the
> infor
> mation is stolen.
> 6. The attacker does discuss methods and actions with ANYONE - no silly
> hacker
>    handles are left anywhere.
>
> Eh? Now, tell me how the FBI could track me down? (oh BTW if some FBI dude is
>
> reading this, I sure like to hear some comments)
>
> Regards,
> Roelof
>
>
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