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echo: virus_info
to: KURT WISMER
from: THE VISIONARY
date: 1996-12-22 09:23:00
subject: Re: Regionalized Viruses

 KW> i do believe he was penalized in some manner, possibly a jail
 KW> sentence since it most likely had some effect on government computers
 KW> hooked up to the internet (the internet started off as mainly a
 KW> government thing after all)... and the government does not like
 KW> people doing nasty bad things to their computers...
       It was a glaring security flaw they overlooked that allowed the worm
to exploit their systems. The SysAdmin should have been jailed, and they
should have hired the worm author in his place.
-The Visionary
visionary@brazerko.com
... Pros are those who do their jobs well even when they don`t feel like it.
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