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Why Worm Writers Stay Free

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the future-of-the-net dept.

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.