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Network World Fusion 08/27/03

Phil Wainewriight says that could be the Sobig worm, which some accounts say may have been posted as an attempt to create a tamper-proof spam generating system:

"It cleverly exploits the loosely coupled characteristics of a highly distributed, massively redundant grid architecture. Especially impressive is the utility provisioning mechanism that supplies new reserves of raw power to the SoBig grid, instantly able to draw on the never-ending supply of imprudent users whose curiosity about the contents of a suspicious attachment will always override their caution."


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