23rd April 2011, 11:56 PM
Millions? Really? How do you get MILLIONS of computers infected with the same virus under one person's control? That really sounds like a lot. I'd believe thousands, and that's enough to take down, say, a church web site or something, but to suggest the population of an entire city or small nation would be at the beck and call of one hacker? That's a bit hard to swallow.
At any rate, I forgot to mention something. Some DDOS attacks have been happening for the past few weeks, which took down Sony's network but it was back up in a matter of a couple of hours. This seems like something completely different.
At any rate, I forgot to mention something. Some DDOS attacks have been happening for the past few weeks, which took down Sony's network but it was back up in a matter of a couple of hours. This seems like something completely different.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)