Who Done It?
First it was a "white male teen or twenty something, somewhat socially
inept, reasonably intelligent and bored."
Ireland
The author is supposedly named 'Spyder' and he has an ICQ account.
CNN
The National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC), run
by MI5 and GCHQ in Britian, have begun their own investigation into
into the Love Bug
The
Sunday Times
The Philippine's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) expect to
arrest a 23 year old resident of Pandacan, a suburb of Manila.
MB - Many
ISPs have just banned .ph to kill ILOVEYOU so this link may not work.
Experts in Stokholm say that NBI in the Philippines is chasing the
wrong person. They say that the woman wanted by authorities is not the
author but just a 'spreader'. Fredrik Bjoerk is convinced the real
creator of the virus is a German exchange student called Michael,
currently living in Australia.
The
Age
Philippine police are trying to get a judge to issue a search warrant
for someone suspected to be the author of the virus/worm.
Agence
France-Presse - via Nando Times
Associated
Press - via Nando Times
The NBI says that the Philippines lacks the laws necessary to arrest
the virus suspect. They say they are still doing research in an effort
to convince a Judge.
Reuters
- via Yahoo
Manilla officials have secured the search warrant on a possible
violation of the Access Device Act.
Reuters
- Yahoo News
After searching the home of the suspected author officials have
arrested a 27-year old man in connection with the virus. Investigators
seized a telephone, telephone wires and computer magazines, but no
computer during their search of the home.
Reuters
- via Yahoo
The woman who is thought to be the author of the virus/worm said
through legal counsel that she will turn herself into authorities on
Monday or Tuesday.
Reuters
- via Yahoo
This and That
Damage estimates have reached as high as $4.7 Billion world wide says
Computer Economics. (Sure would like to now how they come up with
these sorts of numbers.)
Business
Wire - via Yahoo
There at least five variants of 'ILOVEYOU' in the wild already
including 'Mothers Day' and 'Joke'. Many many more are expected.
Wired
Was it one person or several? Maybe a plot by Microsoft to prevent the
breakup? Maybe something from the Anti-Virus vendors to boost their
stock? Maybe the Philippine rebels upset over recent government action
wanted to overwhelm and then ban the government controlled ISP?
Conspiracy theories abound.
Wired
I Love You made it into various government systems including those at
the Department of Agriculture, USDA, Army, Census Bureau, CIA, DOD,
Department of Education, Department of Energy, EPA, Health Care
Financing Administration, the House of Representatives, Department of
Interior, and on and on.
Federal
Computer Week
The number of computer viruses estimated to be in circulation has been
set at 50,000. Federal Computer Incident Response Capability unit
(Who?) said that last month alone they registered 32 incidents
effecting 400,057 systems. This included 24 brand new viruses.
Scripps
Howard News Service - via Nando Times
In an essay to be published in this weeks Time magazine Bill Gates says
that by dividing up Microsoft the world runs the risk of even bigger
and badder viruses. (Hello!?! It is because of you and your products
that we have these things in the first place.)
Associated
Press - via Tampa Bay Online
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