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Why Worm Writers Stay Free

savaget writes "There is an interesting Wired article explaining why worm writers are getting scott free despite their destructive deeds." Nothing really new: overworked law officials, bragging worm writers, you do the math ;) I still find it amazing. The bandwidth wasted by a successful worm is gigantic. To say nothing of time and disk space.

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  1. If you ask me, by mindstrm · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The idiots who *ran* the attachment and mailed you these 250kb files are the ones who should be paying for it.

    The kid who wrote sircam is just showing how stupid people are.

  2. Re:They aren't terrorists! by lazy_greenhouse_gas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Nice signature. Very interesting.