The World of Virus Writers

No_Weak_Heart writes "Looking for a little weekend reading? You might try the cover story from this week's NY Times Magazine. It's titled The Virus Underground, and it takes a look at the world of malware scripters, virus writers and worm designers."

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Re:virus haiku

[Sick Boy]

My sweet Linux box
It feels no pain from your lame
Microsoft Virii

Ruthless, Brutal Regime

[Sky Lemon]

Lee Parson, an 18-year-old in Minnesota who had found, slightly altered and re-released the Blaster code, prosecutors claim. Parson may have been seeking notoriety, or he may have had no clue how much damage the worm could cause: he did nothing to hide his identity and even included a reference to his personal Web site in the code. (He was arrested and charged with intentionally causing damage to computers; when his trial begins, probably this spring, he faces up to 10 years in jail.)
10 years?! What kind of ruthless, brutal regime would put teenagers in jail for 10 years, especially given the circumstances descrbied above? Oh yeah, the same one that fucking executes teenagers and the mentally retarded.

Gay?

[orionware]

I didn't realize that the only guys who write virii were gay!