A little backdoor action…

alternateorg on May 23, 2001

Remember the good virus? Turns out it wasn’t so good after all:


Systems infected with Max’s worm downloaded a software patch and automatically repaired the security hole that would have allowed the malicious worm to comprise the system. That’s a good thing.

But Max’s worm, which he developed by reprogramming the malicious worm, also left a secret backdoor in all the systems it penetrated. That’s the bad part.

The hacker who developed it is now in prison. Who’dathunk.

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2 Replies to “A little backdoor action…”

  1. 808 May 23, 2001 at 10:26 am

    … yeah … and in a few months they will let him out for his new Government job as an internet security specialist for $180,000 a year.

  2. 808 May 23, 2001 at 10:26 am

    … yeah … and in a few months they will let him out for his new Government job as an internet security specialist for $180,000 a year.

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