Re: The worm author finally revealed!

[Henrik Lund Kramshøj <hlk () kramse dk>]

On onsdag, jan 29, 2003, at 17:47 Europe/Copenhagen, 
solareclipse () phreedom org wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:14:25AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> > also sprach Solar Eclipse <solareclipse () phreedom org> 
> > [2003.01.29.0516 +0100]:
> > > I believe that the author of the worm is the infamous Kevin Mitnick.
> > > The timing cannot be a coincidence. Mitnick was let loose on the
> > > Internet on Jan 21 and four days later the Internet was brough down.
> > > It's obvious that he is the one responsible.
> >
> > You'll make a great investigator!
> >
> > This is FUD!
>
> It's a joke for God's sake, you were supposed to laugh. I'm amazed at 
> the
> number of people who took that seriousely.
>
> Solar
FWIW I thought it was funny, and it goes to show how many people mistake
Full Disclosure for the truth (tm)

I guess many people also thinks that having a PGP signature on mails
make them - true (while paranoid people would actually verify the 
signatures)

even IF the PGP signature verifies clean the content might be
fake, or a joke in this case

Trust is a funny thing, eh?

Best regards

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