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After a busy couple of weeks Code Red finally
had a chance to sit down and talk with BBspot.
Hello code red how are you doing today?
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Hey, wait a minute. I was told you could speak English.
What's going on here?
Haha, oh man I can't believe you fell for it. You're more gullible than
an IIS sysadmin. Seriously, I'm feeling pretty tired. I've been travelling
around the world quite a bit lately.
OK very funny. Were you really sent by the Chinese?
"Hacked by Chinese." Man, that was a nice touch wasn't it. No,
I'm a self-replicating worm. Once the security exploit was published I
spontaneously generated. The Internet has gotten a lot more powerful than
people think.
That's amazing. Why did you attack the White House web site?
Well, I wanted to attack a server that would be vulnerable, and what's more
vulnerable than a server that's administered by the government?
Why didn't you try to propagate yourself through Microsoft
Outlook like all the others?
Too easy. While IIS isn't much more challenging to exploit, it does require
a bit more technical knowledge. Employers look down on viruses that use
Microsoft Outlook these days. It's like getting a degree from OSU.
What do you plan to do now that you are famous?
I'm gonna take a little time off and catch up on some reading. Right
now, I'm in the middle of The
Hot Zone. To pay the bills I've patented myself and am licensing
my technology to other worms. I've already had a couple of customers. A
couple of Hollywood studios have contacted me about film rights.
What words of advice can you offer to other worms and viruses
out there that want to make it big?
Most importantly come up with a catchy, dangerous sounding name for yourself. The
media loves that. Oh, and be sure to release a press release using phrases
such as "bring down the Internet" and "apocalyptic". Also,
try not to do too much damage like deleting files or like
nasty sircam sending random files around - shame, shame. That'll get
you attention, but people will hate you and ruin any post-infection work.
Would you have done anything differently if you could do
it all over?
I would've copyrighted my name. Code Red II and Code Red III are piggybacking
on my celebrity to get attention for themselves. Other than that I think
I handled things pretty well.
Thank you very much for speaking with us today. Can I have
your autograph?
Sure. Check your server logs.
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