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SCO Offers $250K Bounty for MyDoom Author's Arrest
Performer Guy writes "This SCO press release indicates that they are offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest & conviction of the MyDoom DDoS worm authors. Let's hope they catch them. Not merely because MyDoom is one of the most mindless attacks on our internet infrastructure in memory, but also when they pay up it'll be less cash for SCO's litigation engine."
Thanks to Tin Foil Hat and prostoalex for pointing out links at ComputerWorld and CNET, too. Related to this: stealth.c writes "Bruce Perens has written a letter to the Open Source community, discouraging us from cheering on the MyDOOM virus, as it would falsely implicate the FOSS communities and almost certainly cause the success of the virus writer's mission of discrediting these movements. This letter is also posted on NewsForge and on Groklaw." Unfortunately, with columns like this one blaming the worm on "some ticked-off Linux fan", it needs to be said.
If you're out there, e-mail me. Let me turn you in, and I'll give you .50%!
It's that SCO thinks that MyDoom's source code is owned by them. :)
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
$250,000!
How did they get that kind of money?
Oh right...
$699 at a time : (
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"Due to low cash flow at SCO, the reward will be paid upon successful judgements in the lawsuits against IBM, Redhat, Novell, et. al."
Linking to (and subsequently Slashdotting) a site that is under a DDOS is unconscionable even if it is SCO! Think of their servers!
...payable in worthless Linux IP licenses.
Unknown host pong.
...350 licenses to Linux.
you forgot steps 4 and 5
4. ???
5. Profit
OT, but I just submitted the story below. Since this is an SCO thread, and -Taco probably isn't going to post 2 SCO stories in a row, here it is:
/. readers! The SCO "litigious bastards" linking campaign has succeeded! SCO is now the first link on a Google search for litigious bastards. (If you try a "I'm Feeling Lucky" search, it'll still go to SCO, but it looks like the SCO site is down.)
:-(, and mirror!
Thank you to all
Congratulations, everybody!
On a side note, simply searching for "bastards" brings up SCO). If Google happens to notice and block it (as in the past), a screenshot is here. Please be kind to my server
Please check that location for a more recent version. You may re-publish this material. You may excerpt it, reformat it and translate it as necessary for your presentation. You may not edit it to deliberately misrepresent my opinion.
Now I wonder why you put that in there?
Most people do live in one. Unfortunately, SCO is not under the jurisdiction of one--last I checked, they were based in the USA.
But think about it.
those 4 years in jail you have no expenses.
that 32k/yr is PURE PROFIT!
http://notanumber.net/
If I was the creator of this virus I would sue every infected system owner and ask him to get a license!
If (cough, cough) this person gets caught, then the name of the virus will be rather ironic.
Linking to a press release?! The audacity of those slashdot hippies. /. is next on their litigation shitlist.
Get $250k, use money to buy licenses for my linux copies(tivo,etc). Because that would be the worlds greatest slashdot troll.
Have you ever been to a turkish prison?
I wonder....
do the DDoS requests to www.sco.com include the captured keystrokes?
maybe they're on a funding drive?
To be quickly followed by the Night of the Long Bulk Erasers.
KFG
Anyone worth their while knows that Linux fans don't code anything for Windows unless they are paid for it. It's something called 'taint,' which money readily removes. :-P
You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
Unfortunately, with columns like this one blaming the worm on "some ticked-off Linux fan"...
What self-respecting OSS programmer would write a worm for Windows?
Inconceivable!
1. Turn the culprit in.
2. Collect SCO's reward.
3. Give the money to the OSDL SCO defense fund.
WHAT?!
Lemme tell you something. I'd get a bigass Winnebago and I'd get "SCO SUCKS" airbrushed onto the sides of it. I'd then proceed to camp out across the street from SCO headquarters.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
wait till they see the slashdotting!
Whats the award gonna be for everyone hitting their site and bringing their server to its knees?
"500 dollars for the head of every linux junkie who loaded our web site!"
Lawyers, MBA's, RIAA? A jedi fears not these things!
...by the RIAA. You get it through Kazaa, it discourages people to download music (or at least potentially wrecks havok on the users computer), and it gets automatically blamed on linux nerds (most of all which support file sharing) because it blocks www.SCO.com.
I gotta give the RIAA credit...brilliant, brilliant work...
Wise men say, "Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza."
Hand me those earmuffs, Mr. Lucifer. Chilly, huh? You just never know about the weather around here.
This is my post. There are many others like it. If you don't like what you read here, go try one of the others.
I know it's an advertising publication, but some people read eWeek and expect some of the things in it to be true
I wonder who exactly are those people who expect some of it to be true. I have some nice bridges in various American cities for sale and we are also handling the pre-sale of some real state in the Moon and in Mars for Nasa. So if you know anyone who believes in articles whose main source of information are Slashdot comments, please ask them to give me a call.
Re-printed here to save my server some load :-) - Bruce
Umm.. yeah, right pal- like we can't figure out when someone is worried his karma is going downhill!
Website about Linux Stealing SCO Code, read the page very carefully, don't be too quick to hit your browsers back button (hint,hint) http://www.linuxstolescocode.com
Scene - the virus writer's parents' basement
Script Kiddie #1: OK, dude, like, I got the, y'know, latest version of, like, Virus Creator, dude.
Script Kiddie #2: Swheeet! Dude, like, run it!
Script Kiddie #1: Fuxor! Like, I clicked on it, and, like, it didn't go!
SK2: Dude! You have to, like, double click! Lamer!
SK1: STFU! I know that! Fag!
SK1: Uhhh, like, it's doing sumthing. Oh - kewl! It's like, installing stuff.
SK2: Shweet! Man, this rox!
Virus Creator: Virus Creator Wizard - page 1 of 5 - Do you want to install a backdoor? [yes] [no] [help]
SK1: Shweet! Yeah, let's set up my army of zombies! Huh-huh-huh!
Virus Creator: Virus Creator Wizard - page 2 of 5 - Do you want to install a spam relay? [yes] [no] [help]
SK2: Dude! We can, like, make money! Do it, dude!
Virus Creator: Virus Creator Wizard - page 3 of 5 - Do you want to install an HTTP relay ? [yes] [no] [help]
SK1: WTF? (clicks help)
Virus Creator: This lets us serve PR0N through your zombies - click yes and we will let you have the password to see some of it.
SK1 and SK2 (together): DUDE! SHWEEET!
Virus Creator: Virus Creator Wizard - page 4 of 5 - Do you want to DDOS somebody ? [yes] [no] [help]
SK2: Yeah!
Virus Creator: Virus Creator Wizard - DDOS setup - Who do you want to DDOS? [enter URL here]
SK1: Who should we fuxor? School?
SK2: DUDE! If you fuxor school how can we look at pr0n during class? (dope-smacks SK1)
SK1: OW! Fag! OK, uhhh, dude, like, the RAII?
SK2: YEAH! Fuxoring with our MP3s!
Virus Creator: Virus Creator Wizard - URL "www.raii.com" not found - try again [enter URL here]
SK2: Fuxor!
SK1: Dude, like, what's something with less letters, man?
SK2: SCO?
SK1: Yeah! FUXOR JOO, SCO!
Virus Creator: Virus Creator Wizard - page 5 of 5 - Virus ready - click here to email [ok]
SK1 and SK2 (together): SHWEET!
In other words, I think the DDOS against SCO is incidental to the real purpose of this virus - which is to spread spam. Like as not the choice of SCO was just because they are in the news, and to shift the blame to somebody else.
www.eFax.com are spammers
"This SCO press release indicates that they are offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest & conviction of the MyDoom DDoS worm authors. "
Is that 250,000 in cash or SCO stock?
Coder's Stone: The programming language quick ref for iPad
357 Licenses to SCO/Unix - 256K /should/ ever need - 256k * 2.5
Bounty on your head - 256K
Memory in the computer you programmed this worm with - 256MB
All the memory you
Having every damn member of the OSS community hate you - priceless
I can't imagine what being being revered and hated is like!
Pretty much a love/hate relationship...
Tequila: It's not just for breakfast anymore!
I take offense to the term DDOS (Distributed Denial Of Service). I don't know how you could describe SCO as providing any kind of Service.
It suits SCO and their Redmond Muppet-masters... That's an insult to Jim Henson! Heck, that's even an insult to Frank Oz! Please refer to them as "Nefarious puppet-masters" in the future; it conjures up more of an image of Bill Gates with his hand up Darl's... er... back.
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
What Linux user would admit to being enough of an expert at Windows to write a virus for it? It's a little outside of most Open Source Contributor's area of expertise, isn't it?
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
No, the problem is that this worm is apparently the product of some ticked-off Linux fan deciding to get back at SCO. Indeed, some moronic Linux fans are cheering MyDoom on. "Quick, disable your AV software, and get some Windows boxes on the internet!"
First of all, it should read, some moronic Linux fans are cheering on MyDoom. Take an English class, buddy.
Second, I am NOT a "Linux fan". Actually, I'm decidedly pro-Microsoft when it comes to the desktop. It just happens that I hate SCO's tactics. I'm offended to be lumped into a "Linux Fan" category.
Third, the author says "...and get some Windows boxen on the internet!" This guy can't even cut and paste correctly.
Viv
Gmail invites for ip
IOW..
1. Release virus to DDoS SCO
2. Go to federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison
3. ???
4. Profit!
Nefarious puppet-masters
Or, if we still don't like Metallica, we can call them "Nefarious Master....Master.....Master of puppets!"
Fellowship 9/11
that's why i've begun outsourcing all my virus-writing to india, where the programmers aren't spoiled by "health insurance" or "a living wage" or "the requirement of staying out of prison".
pr0n - keeping monitor glass spotless since 1981.
Let's hope whoever does catch the authors, and collects the bounty, dontates the money to the SCO Defense Fund
hey, he can almost buy two linux licenses from SCO for that money!
1. Release virus to DDoS SCO
2. Go to federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison
3. ???
4. Sue your "girlfriends" for damages
4. Profit!
Linux is just a peice of software. SCO is attempting (and making a poor attempt at that) at suing IBM fro breach of contract or whatever. The courts are likely to decide against them. The system hasn't really failed us here. Its just moving very slowly, as usual.
I commend you for your enthusiasm but it isn't time to start a revolution. Linux is still legal. SCO will likely die without any action on our part whatsoever. Relax dude.
The guy that wrote this virus isn't Paul Revere or Che Guevara or whatever. He's likely some loser with low self esteem looking for attention. Or maybe a spammer.
Darl Vader: "I want them alive! No disintegrations..."