Maria B
5th September 2011, 18:50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3IP9mT6xxU&feature=player_embedded
FILMSubject: I Love You is an action-packed romantic drama, based on the destructive 'I Love You' computer virus, which spread around the globe at the turn of the millennium, shutting down computer systems at the Pentagon, Parliament and the CIA. Combining romance, drama, action and international intrigue, Subject: I Love You is ultimately the story of a young man, Victor, who will do anything to reconnect with the only woman he's ever loved - even if that means entangling himself in an international criminal investigation. Written by Barclay DeVeau
IMPACT:The worm originated in the Manila, Philippines on 4 May 2000 and spread across the world in one day, moving on to Hong Kong and then to Europe and the US, causing an estimated $5.5 billion in damage. By 13 May 2000, 50 million infections had been reported. Most of the damage cited was the time and effort spent getting rid of the worm. In order to free themselves, The Pentagon, CIA, and the British Parliament had to shut down their mail systems; as did most large corporations.
This particular malware caused widespread damage. The worm overwrote important files — music files, multimedia files, and more — with a copy of itself. It also sent the worm to the first fifty people in the Windows Address Book, the system contact list. Because it was written in Visual Basic Script and interfaced with the Outlook Windows Address Book, this particular worm only affected computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. While any computer could receive the "ILOVEYOU" message, only Microsoft Windows systems were vulnerable.
ORIGINS:On May 5, 2000, two young Filipino computer programming students named Reomel Lamores[dubious – discuss] and Onel de Guzman became the target of a criminal investigation by the Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents.[5] The NBI received a complaint from Sky Internet, a local Internet service provider (ISP). The ISP claimed that they have received numerous calls from European computer users, complaining that malware in the form of an "ILOVEYOU" worm was sent to their computers through the said ISP.
After several days of surveillance and investigation spearheaded by Darwin Bawasanta, systems development manager of Sky Internet, the NBI was able to trace a frequently appearing telephone number, which turned out to be that of Mr. Lamores' apartment in Manila, Philippines. His residence was searched by the NBI and Mr. Lamores was consequently arrested and placed on inquest investigation before the Department of Justice (DOJ). Onel de Guzman was likewise arrested in Manila. At that point, the NBI was at a loss as to what felony or crime to charge the two with in court. There were some agents who theorized that they may be charged with violation of Republic Act No. 8484 or the Access Device Regulation Act, a law designed mainly to penalize credit card fraud. The reason supposedly being that both used, if not stole, pre-paid Internet cards which enabled them to use several ISPs. Another school of thought within the NBI opened that Lamores and de Guzman could be charged with malicious mischief, a felony involving damage to property under the Philippines' Revised Penal Code, which was enacted in 1932. However, the problem with malicious mischief is that one of its elements, aside from damage to property, was intent to damage. In this case, Mr. de Guzman claimed during custodial investigation that he merely unwittingly released the virus.
To show his intent, the NBI investigated AMA Computer University where de Guzman dropped out on his senior year. There, it was found that de Guzman was not only quite familiar with computer viruses, he had in fact, proposed to create one. For his undergraduate thesis, he proposed the commercialization of a Trojan virus, one that innocently enters another computer but would later steal passwords, addresses, and files, much like the Trojan Horse. He contended that through the Trojan virus, the user would be able to save on, if not totally make do without, prepaid Internet usage cards since passwords could be obtained by the virus. The thesis proposal was rejected by the College of Computer Studies board, forcing him to drop out.
Read the rest on:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILOVEYOU
FILMSubject: I Love You is an action-packed romantic drama, based on the destructive 'I Love You' computer virus, which spread around the globe at the turn of the millennium, shutting down computer systems at the Pentagon, Parliament and the CIA. Combining romance, drama, action and international intrigue, Subject: I Love You is ultimately the story of a young man, Victor, who will do anything to reconnect with the only woman he's ever loved - even if that means entangling himself in an international criminal investigation. Written by Barclay DeVeau
IMPACT:The worm originated in the Manila, Philippines on 4 May 2000 and spread across the world in one day, moving on to Hong Kong and then to Europe and the US, causing an estimated $5.5 billion in damage. By 13 May 2000, 50 million infections had been reported. Most of the damage cited was the time and effort spent getting rid of the worm. In order to free themselves, The Pentagon, CIA, and the British Parliament had to shut down their mail systems; as did most large corporations.
This particular malware caused widespread damage. The worm overwrote important files — music files, multimedia files, and more — with a copy of itself. It also sent the worm to the first fifty people in the Windows Address Book, the system contact list. Because it was written in Visual Basic Script and interfaced with the Outlook Windows Address Book, this particular worm only affected computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. While any computer could receive the "ILOVEYOU" message, only Microsoft Windows systems were vulnerable.
ORIGINS:On May 5, 2000, two young Filipino computer programming students named Reomel Lamores[dubious – discuss] and Onel de Guzman became the target of a criminal investigation by the Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents.[5] The NBI received a complaint from Sky Internet, a local Internet service provider (ISP). The ISP claimed that they have received numerous calls from European computer users, complaining that malware in the form of an "ILOVEYOU" worm was sent to their computers through the said ISP.
After several days of surveillance and investigation spearheaded by Darwin Bawasanta, systems development manager of Sky Internet, the NBI was able to trace a frequently appearing telephone number, which turned out to be that of Mr. Lamores' apartment in Manila, Philippines. His residence was searched by the NBI and Mr. Lamores was consequently arrested and placed on inquest investigation before the Department of Justice (DOJ). Onel de Guzman was likewise arrested in Manila. At that point, the NBI was at a loss as to what felony or crime to charge the two with in court. There were some agents who theorized that they may be charged with violation of Republic Act No. 8484 or the Access Device Regulation Act, a law designed mainly to penalize credit card fraud. The reason supposedly being that both used, if not stole, pre-paid Internet cards which enabled them to use several ISPs. Another school of thought within the NBI opened that Lamores and de Guzman could be charged with malicious mischief, a felony involving damage to property under the Philippines' Revised Penal Code, which was enacted in 1932. However, the problem with malicious mischief is that one of its elements, aside from damage to property, was intent to damage. In this case, Mr. de Guzman claimed during custodial investigation that he merely unwittingly released the virus.
To show his intent, the NBI investigated AMA Computer University where de Guzman dropped out on his senior year. There, it was found that de Guzman was not only quite familiar with computer viruses, he had in fact, proposed to create one. For his undergraduate thesis, he proposed the commercialization of a Trojan virus, one that innocently enters another computer but would later steal passwords, addresses, and files, much like the Trojan Horse. He contended that through the Trojan virus, the user would be able to save on, if not totally make do without, prepaid Internet usage cards since passwords could be obtained by the virus. The thesis proposal was rejected by the College of Computer Studies board, forcing him to drop out.
Read the rest on:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILOVEYOU