No, the Morris worm did not necessarily down entire countries, but if you look at the percentage of the internet (DARPA/ARPA Net) that it downed, I would still say that this worm does not even come close.
Nick J. Ethics Design [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "madsaxon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! > At 08:29 PM 1/25/03 -0500, Matt Smith wrote: > >Guys, > > This puppy is FAR from harmless and I mean far, This SOB is gonna > >wind up worse than Code Red, Nimda, or even the great worm of '88. I > >doubt very much the Morris Worm downed ENTIRE COUNTRIES, as Sapphire did > >to South Korea today. Cyberterrorism has been spoken of for years. > >Well, guess what boys and girls, it's here, right now. :(. > > OK, granted this thing is a nuisance, and it's sucking up bandwidth > like a sponge. But...let's not get carried away and start labeling it > "cyberterrorism." How many people have died today as a direct result of this > worm? I'm not talking about someone who got hit by a car crossing the street > to look for another ATM. How many have been injured? How many > innocent victims have suffered long-term trauma? Have any demands > been issued? Has any terrorist group claimed credit? Has any real, > quantifiable physical damage been done? > > I don't actually know the answers to any of the above questions. But until > we do, or unless we want to change the definition of terrorism the way > we have, say, 'hacking,' let's try not to add to the FUD that's already > swirling madly around this issue... > > M5x > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
