Anti-US Hacker Takes Credit For Worm 221
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."
PREPARE FOR FUNDING! (Score:4, 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.
Re:Luddite victims. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Luddite victims. (Score:3, Funny)
Backfire suggests unintended consequences.
On the contrary, it's been proven that a tiny poke in the Achilles world trade centre, causes the land of the free to implode in a counterproductive, authoritarian cluster fuck.
That may be true, but that wasn't what they wanted to have happen. They wanted the US to remove its armies from muslim lands . It resulted in even more American troops in Muslim lands.
Yes. In other words, Al Quaeda's plan backfired, in an (ahem!) Biblical sort of way.
Re:"Anti-US" Hacker? (Score:2, Funny)
But hey, what do I know, I'm not a total fucking idiot...
[citation needed]
Re:Luddite victims. (Score:3, Funny)
1991
Bin Laden says Al-Qaeda main policy is to get US troops out of Saudi
11th Sep 2001
Al-Qaeda attack NYC and Pentagon
29th April 2003
US announce that virtually all US troops will vacate Suadi Arabia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2984547.stm [bbc.co.uk]
May 1 May 2003
George Bush gives the "Mission Accomplished" speech
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Mission_Accomplished_Speech [wikipedia.org]
Conspiracy away