Code Red Goes The Way Of Y2K

beanerspace writes: "In spite of Michael Hyatt-like hype, the Washington Post now reports that the 8pm EST deadline for the Code Red worm came and went without grinding the internet to a halt. Darn, I was sorta hoping it would so I could take the day off and go fishing." Why is it that Code Red gets the trumpets and klaxons, while Sircam continues to spread private documents(!) with considerably less attention? Update: 08/01 03:41 PM by T : On the other hand, incidents.org's graph shows a different picture of Code Red's progress, as several readers have pointed out. That's a pretty little curve there, isn't it?

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the reason is...

[JEDi_ERiAN]

The reason why sircam is not being publicized nearly as much as code red is because...M$ owns the media. They wrote the code red "virus" and sent it out, simply to get their name in the media, and even better, that they worked hard at making a patch available before the "attack" was supposed to happen. This is just more publicity for M$, and they are loving every minute of it.

E.