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rdouble on Jan 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Development and testing of the Stuxnet worm

good guys don't release viruses into the wild, period.

Didn't one of the guys from Y Combinator once release a virus into the wild?

edanm on Jan 16, 2011 [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm

It was an accident, though.

forensic on Jan 16, 2011 | [–]

>It was an accident, though.

Does anyone really believe this?

dedward on Jan 17, 2011 | | [–]

Yes - they do actually.

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