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BBC Links Linux To MyDoom

Posted by simoniker on from the supporting-the-cause dept.

minus_273 writes "It seems the BBC has a story on their front page titled 'Linux cyber-battle turns nasty', very specifically linking Linux users to the MyDoom virus. Some lines to note: 'If anyone's anger has no measure, it is the wrath of internet zealots who believe that code should be free to all (open source). So, it seems likely that the perpetrators of the MyDoom virus and its variants are internet vandals with a specific grudge.'"

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  1. Re:this is not surprising by hdparm · · Score: 1, Troll
    Stephen Evans is a bastard. Journalist will NOT write such an unsubstantiated rant unless she/he is under someone's influence, be it money, politics, both of those or something else.

    He must have been getting information from the same sources Tony B. got WMD info. Interesting detail is that he is BBC corespondent from North America. Is he, by any chance, stationed in Salt Lake City or perhaps Seatle?

  2. The BBC isn't out of the assisted suicide biz yet? by Mongoose · · Score: 1, Troll

    First they drive a poor old man to his death in the UK for doing his job. Second they try to kill the truth. Now they're only left with trying to kill of support for operating systems.

    I think the BBC has only killed their credibility.