sabato 11 aprile 2009

17-year-old claims responsibility for Twitter worm

clipped from www.bnonews.com
17-year-old claims responsibility for Twitter
worm

Brooklyn, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Mikeyy Mooney, the 17-year-old
creator of StalkDaily.com from Brooklyn, has admitted responsibility for the
Twitter worm that rapidly spread through Twitter on Saturday, stating in an
email to BNO News, “I am aware of the attack and yes I am behind this attack.”

Twitter users were infected by simply visiting an infected users Twitter
page. Following being infected, users began tweeting about stalkdaily.com with
messages such as "Dude,
www.StalkDaily.com
is awesome. What's the fuss?"

Mikeyy described how he carried out the attack:
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