Martin Antonenko
A Fixture
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Melissa, the First Virus...!
On March 26, 1999, for the first time in the history of computers, a virus was spread worldwide via e-mail traffic.
"Melissa" as the "Creator", the programmer David L. Smith ...
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... which has been named malware is a so-called "macro virus" which is programmed in such a way that it lodges itself in other documents and calls up harmful functions, for example by changing texts in Word files or deleting any files on the hard drive.
In addition, "Melissa" automatically searches for e-mail addresses, sends herself camouflaged in systems and spreads so quickly - and then becomes active again ...:
Even computer giants like IBM and "Microsoft" can't help but shut down their networks to stop the virus!
The damage caused by "Melissa" is estimated at 80 million dollars worldwide.
The programmer David L. Smith ...
... is investigated a few weeks later by the FBI, arrested, brought before face - and sentenced to 20 months in prison for "criminal conspiracy" (there was no special offense for hackers yet!).
Of course, afterwards he is overwhelmed by claims for damages - but how do they say in Germany:
"Where the citizen has nothing, the emperor has lost his rights" ...
On March 26, 1999, for the first time in the history of computers, a virus was spread worldwide via e-mail traffic.
"Melissa" as the "Creator", the programmer David L. Smith ...
...
... which has been named malware is a so-called "macro virus" which is programmed in such a way that it lodges itself in other documents and calls up harmful functions, for example by changing texts in Word files or deleting any files on the hard drive.
In addition, "Melissa" automatically searches for e-mail addresses, sends herself camouflaged in systems and spreads so quickly - and then becomes active again ...:
Even computer giants like IBM and "Microsoft" can't help but shut down their networks to stop the virus!
The damage caused by "Melissa" is estimated at 80 million dollars worldwide.
The programmer David L. Smith ...
... is investigated a few weeks later by the FBI, arrested, brought before face - and sentenced to 20 months in prison for "criminal conspiracy" (there was no special offense for hackers yet!).
Of course, afterwards he is overwhelmed by claims for damages - but how do they say in Germany:
"Where the citizen has nothing, the emperor has lost his rights" ...
