"2 held in probe of computer worm in U.S.," from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:
WASHINGTON — Authorities in Morocco and Turkey have arrested two people thought responsible for a computer worm that infected networks at U.S. companies and government agencies earlier this month.Farid Essebar, 18, was arrested in Morocco, while Atilla Ekici, 21, was arrested in Turkey on Thursday, Louis Riegel, the FBI's assistant director for cyber crimes, said yesterday. They will be prosecuted in those countries, Riegel said.
Essebar wrote the code that attacked computers that run Microsoft operating systems and Ekici paid him for it, Riegel said. It's unclear they ever met, "but they certainly knew each other via the Internet," he said.
Riegel said he does not know how much money changed hands. Microsoft and FBI officials also declined to estimate the monetary damage done by the Zotob worm and its variations.
Muslims doing what they do best. Take technology from another culture, since they are incapable of developing anything on their own other than bombs and terror, turn that technology to negative purposes, and then try and degrade the larger world. "I live like an animal so you should too."
Envy, resentment, sloth.
The latest attack on the Internet by two young men, one from Morocco and the other from Turkey, once again underscores the vulnerability of the World Wide Web. It is believed that these men wrote the Zotob and Mytob worms that "caused computer outages at more than 100 US companies, including major media outlets like CNN, the New York Times and ABC News." The reliance on the Internet by developed nations to transmit information, transact business and to control vital infrastructure elements make it a particularly attractive target for terrorists and other miscreants.
Can this vulnerability be minimized? According to Microsoft, the Zotob and Mytob worms "targeted a recently discovered flaw in the Plug and Play feature of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system." Microsoft was aware of the threat and had a security update to protect against it. One only had to download the fix to protect their system from being hijacked by a remote user.
It is estimated that Microsoft's operating system has 90% of the world market. With that type of exposure, it is paramount that Microsoft provides for the tightest security. An interview with Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has the chief executive conceding the corporation's early intent concerning the Internet Explorer web browser, "The browser wars were never about security, the browser wars were about features." The onslaught of hacking successes has changed the company's approach towards the role of security and this issue is "now clearer."
Indeed, Microsoft's collaboration with the FBI was a great help in tracking down the perpetrators of the Zotob and Mytob worms. However, this latest attack obviously illustrates that Microsoft's review policy concerning their software needs to be re-examined. Glitches, flaws, holes and bugs need to be eliminated prior to the release of their software. This can't be too much to ask in this vulnerable age.
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http://www.americanthinker.com/comments.php?comments_id=2953
08 27 05
I've always been convinced that passion for hacking, for harming other people's websites and computers for no apparent reason, other than silencing the voices of one's ideological opponents and mere self-assertion, didn't stem from a lot of intelligence.
Now Muslims have proven it. Thanks, folks.
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dolphin, CAGE co-founder.
http://www.acage.org
Although it sounds radical, we should not share any technology with hostile countries. No education related to computers or any infidel inventions, no replacement parts....nothing. Stop all students from islamic countries from being educated in infidel schools, let them learn from their own.
Message to the civilized world...Learn self preservation!