Wired magazine story to detail Slammer Web attack

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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     Wired magazine story to detail Slammer Web attack
     - Jun 5, 2003 07:46 PM (Reuters)

By Reed Stevenson

SEATTLE, June 5 (Reuters) - Wired magazine is planning to
publish the underlying code for the Slammer worm that slowed
Internet traffic to a crawl in January, raising questions over
whether such articles inspire future hackers or educate
potential victims.

The article, which will be published in Wired's July issue
due out on Tuesday, details how the Slammer worm, also known as
"SQL Slammer", spread rapidly through the Internet on Jan. 25,
shutting down Internet service providers in South Korea,
disrupting plane schedules and knocking out automatic teller
machines.

The article includes the underlying software code for
Slammer.

...

     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=34427453



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