Net virus set for 9/11 blitz [The Sun UK]

[truthisfreedom]

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003390423,00.html

Net virus set for 9/11 blitz


By JONATHAN WEINBERG
THE computer virus wreaking havoc across the Internet is set to destroy itself on September 10 — but not before spawning a DEADLIER new strain, experts believe.

That could be timed to create meltdown on September 11, shaking the world again on the anniversary of the terror blitz.

Yesterday, experts estimated that the Sobig.F email virus had caused £30million damage to businesses and home computers since Monday — with another wave of attacks due at around 7pm last night.

Billions of bogus messages are flooding through cyberspace, crashing email systems and bringing down business networks across the world.

The Sobig virus — first identified in January — is now in its sixth strain.



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[nolabels]

1. Oh great, now is the time to do that backup, buy a new hard drive

Burn them CDRs, crank them them machines up baby this sounds like the real one. I am not no geek but do wonder if people should get thier stuff together now.

Dang!!! this sounds like some people don't like the internet. What kind of hacker, programer geeky computer type nerd or other type person would do this? I sounds like somebody climbing up a tree with a saw and hacking the wrong side of the branch.

[truthisfreedom]

2. who would do it? maybe somebody who thinks the internet is a good way

for liberals to stay informed? 8^|

[AntiCoup2K4]

3. Exactly

Asscrotch has been looking for a way to shut down the internet since day one. What better way for him to do it than one that leaves him totally blameless?? It's a fact that Al Qaeda were founded by US government employees, so hackers writing virus code on the federal payroll shouldn't shock anybody.

If the virus disasters keep coming, and either cripple the net or chase enough people away, an effective (non BCE-controlled) form of communication will disappear.

As with all conspiracies, the question is: Who benefits?

Who benefits if we all have to get our news from FAUX and Clear Channel?

[demnan]

4. I have a different view

We may now be entering an era of cyberterriorism, of which this bug is one component as was the power outage last week.

[htuttle]

5. Here's the important information in that article

Yesterday, an instruction was found hidden in the virus that experts believed could make infected PCs bombard 20 specific world targets at 7pm.

That could seize up the Internet, making travel bookings and on-line sales impossible.

The time trigger is set to be activated again at the same time tomorrow.

Carole Theriault, a consultant at Sophos Anti-Virus, said: “The problem is we don’t know what that programme is. “It could be dangerous and delete files, or just be a stupid message.”

The rest of it is mostly conjecture, save for the description of how the virus operates.

If they told us what the 20 'world targets' were, it would be easier to figure out who made it. It could be a from an intelligence agency, a militant group, or a 16 year old hacker in Tbilisi. No way to know from this.

[pretzel4gore]

6. $$$!

in computer science, like in warfare or in education or in music making, the measure of effectiveness is in dollars, and guess who controls the money? not some kid in timbucktoo or some 3rd world intellgence agency......

[newyawker99]

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