What, in your opinion, was the worst computer intrusions of all time?

[tami]

Just wanted some feedback from you all.

What do you think are the worst computer intrusions of all time? If you have any documentation, please feel free to link.

Thanks.

 

[Anubis]

my 13 year old female cousin

no link

pure terror

end of story

 

[PepePeru]

the only virus i'd been hit by was nimda.
from my university's website, no less.
so that gets my vote.

 

[tami]

I'm actually looking for more historical things -- but nimda is a good one. I remember that.

 

[mobobuff]

The Morris Worm

 

[slackerinabox]

Actually, that annoying warning that popped up all the time in Vista. I forgot what triggered it but it was fairly routine, a confirmation pop up. HATED IT.. So much so that i uninstalled vista.

 

[BurnItDwn]

In the late 80s, the Friday the 13th virus caused LOTS of trouble for lots of people.
In 1996 I remember the computer lab in my high school was infected with the Stoned Spirit Virus. I got my home PC infected at the time due to doing my homework for class.
I was able to fix my home system with F-prot But I don't remember what they did at school...

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
The Morris Worm

That would be it. That was the worst.

 

[tami]

Thanks guys.

Have there been any real life hacks like Die Hard 4 Fire Sales of note?

 

[Anubis]

the msblaster worm fed up things in what 2002?
chernobyl was widespread, but was more of a nusiance then anything else

 

[FoBoT]

hey, haven't seen your around these parts in a long time!


blaster worm was the worst for the company i work at, most impact in the last nine years

 

[Kalmah]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Actually, that annoying warning that popped up all the time in Vista. I forgot what triggered it but it was fairly routine, a confirmation pop up. HATED IT.. So much so that i uninstalled vista.

Disabling it in the security center would have been too difficult?

 

[MrPickins]

Maybe not the worst, but IIRC the melissa virus was pretty bad.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Anubis
the msblaster worm fed up things in what 2002?
chernobyl was widespread, but was more of a nusiance then anything else

I think the "Loveletter" virus in 2000 was the most destructive recent one.

 

[tami]

FoBoT, I'm around, albeit not so often. You're right.

 

[Chryso]

The only one that had an effect at work was the "I Love You" email.

 

[TXHokie]

SQL slammer took down our WAN. We patched our servers but all the developers with MSDE on their desktop/dev machine nailed us.

 

[SSSnail]

Pentagon was recently hacked, all signs pointed to the Chinese.

 

[tami]

Was there much to go on with the Pentagon hack? I read about it but some articles that alluded to it are now removed.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Y2K

:laugh:

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: tami
Was there much to go on with the Pentagon hack? I read about it but some articles that alluded to it are now removed.

I can't say much about it...

 

[Atheus]

There was a time when phreakers pretty much owned the phone system - they were far ahead of the establishment, much more so than in modern times. Other than that? The morris worm is the classic example.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Atheus
There was a time when phreakers pretty much owned the phone system - they were far ahead of the establishment, much more so than in modern times. Other than that? The morris worm is the classic example.

When you can use a plastic toy whistle from a box of cereal to make free long distance phone calls, and you're ahead of the establishment... that's saying something.

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: Atheus
There was a time when phreakers pretty much owned the phone system - they were far ahead of the establishment, much more so than in modern times. Other than that? The morris worm is the classic example.

When you can use a plastic toy whistle from a box of cereal to make free long distance phone calls, and you're ahead of the establishment... that's saying something.

For LIFE! Seriously...