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wank worm
Computer worm that attacked DEC VMS computers in 1989 over the DECnet.
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1
John McMahon's analysis suggested there were three versions of the
WANK
worm
.
2
There were other disturbing improvements to the new version of the
WANK
worm
.
3
In this case, the
WANK
worm
only attacked VMS computer systems.
4
The
WANK
worm
had been instructed to perform several tasks which it didn't execute.
5
Why had no-one, no political or other group, claimed responsibility for the
WANK
worm
?
6
Tencati was sure he could show the
WANK
worm
attack on NASA originated in France.
7
The
WANK
worm
had invaded the corporation's own network.
8
In 1988, the year before the
WANK
worm
attack on NASA, Australia was on an upswing.
9
Ron Tencati and Todd Butler had a copy of the new
WANK
worm
ready for McMahon.
10
They wanted him to analyse the
WANK
worm
.
11
Finally, almost two weeks after the second onslaught, the
WANK
worm
had been eradicated from SPAN.
12
By McMahon's estimate, the
WANK
worm
had incurred up to half a million dollars in costs.
13
The French had satisfied themselves that it wasn't a French hacker who had created the
WANK
worm
.
14
This worm didn't just kill the decoy, it also killed any other copy of the
WANK
worm
.
15
If its creator had wanted to, he could have programmed the
WANK
worm
to obliterate NASA's files.
16
Nonetheless, the fragmented and partly dysfunctional
WANK
worm
was causing a major crisis inside several US government agencies.
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