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Anti-US Hacker Takes Credit For Worm

Posted by timothy on from the sociopath-with-a-heart-of-gold dept.

angry tapir writes "Credit for the "Here You Have" worm (recently discussed on Slashdot), has been taken by a hacker known as 'Iraq Resistance' who says the worm was designed, in part, as a propaganda tool. He said he had not expected the worm to spread as broadly as it had, and noted that he could have done much more damage to victims. 'I could smash all those infected but I wouldn't,' said the hacker. 'I hope all people understand that I am not negative person!' In other parts of the message, he was critical of the US war in Iraq. For a brief period early the worm accounted for about 10 percent of the spam on the Internet."

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  1. PREPARE FOR FUNDING! by phantomcircuit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously a bunch of consultants are about to become filthy rich.

    If his plan was to slowly bleed the US to death with enormous security consulting fees, I suspect his plan will be a success.

  2. Re:Luddite victims. by Shompol · · Score: 4, Funny

    You are wrong. Obviously they just wanted to clear some downtown space for a mosque. "Remove your armies and bring world peace" act it was not.