The Most Successful Virus Ever Written
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On May 4th, 2000, an email broke the Internet. The ILOVEYOU worm, also known as the Love Bug or Love Letter virus, arrived as a love note and went on to infect 50 million computers worldwide in under 24 hours. To this day the ILOVEYOU outbreak remains one of the most widespread malware infections in history. But who wrote it and how did it spread so fast? And most importantly, how did an email cause such havoc?
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:41 LOVESICK
5:04 The LOVE Project
9:03 What is LOVE?
12:42 We found LOVE
15:46 A new type of LOVE
Credits:
Producer: Ignas Žadeikis
Writer: Clara Martinez Naranjo
Video Editing & Animation: Matas Paskačimas
Sound Design: Nikolaj Polujanov
Creative Lead: Ieva Morkūnaitė
Content Production Lead: Kristė Oster
Graphic Design: Domantė Janulevičiūtė
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20 Comments
> make plan to share passwords but professors disagree so just drop out of college
> create the most prolific (known) virus in history that uses both layered windows exploits and social engineering
> eventually get caught, but the new tech laws went into effect after you created it
> open a telephone repair shop and go fully off radar for 20 years
> live chill life in silence, and only talk to one journalist decades later to confirm it
THIS GUY IS A BOSS!
Yeah, I was working for that bank as a developer. I got the email. I immediately knew it was a virus. I was too curious so I clicked on it anyway ...
Good times =)
The Most Successful Virus Ever Written
Cybernews Kernel
320,607 views
On May 4th, 2000, an email broke the Internet. The ILOVEYOU worm, also known as the Love Bug or Love Letter virus, arrived as a love note and went on to infect 50 million computers worldwide in under 24 hours. To this day the ILOVEYOU outbreak remains one of the most widespread malware infections in history. But who wrote it and how did it spread so fast? And most importantly, how did an email cause such havoc?
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Reddit: CyberNews
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:41 LOVESICK
5:04 The LOVE Project
9:03 What is LOVE?
12:42 We found LOVE
15:46 A new type of LOVE
Credits:
Producer: Ignas Žadeikis
Writer: Clara Martinez Naranjo
Video Editing & Animation: Matas Paskačimas
Sound Design: Nikolaj Polujanov
Creative Lead: Ieva Morkūnaitė
Content Production Lead: Kristė Oster
Graphic Design: Domantė Janulevičiūtė
We are affiliated but not sponsored by any service provider. This means we may receive a small commission when you click on the provided links, however, our reviews are based on independent research and rigorous fact-checking. Cybernews is owned by Mediatech, whose investors are the founders of Nord Security, whose products and services we may review.