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Michael Mooney releases another worm: Law Enforcement / Intelligence Agency's do nothing
- Subject: Michael Mooney releases another worm: Law Enforcement / Intelligence Agency's do nothing
- From: jbates at brightok.net (Jack Bates)
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:28:14 -0500
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
andrew.wallace wrote:
> I want this individual made an example of and im not joking.
>
And I'd like an example made of companies that ignore reports of
security flaws and leave their customers open to such worms; not to
mention giving the impression to misguided teenagers that the only way
they will be heard is to release a worm.
Historically, I believe some companies have ignored security concerns
until someone (sometimes non-maliciously) released a worm. Of course,
even non-malicious worms can have unpredictable results which result in
catastrophic behavior. The earliest examples predate my residence on the
network, but I've read a small bug made them extremely bad.
Jack