___ / \ | o | \___/ | ~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~ / \ | THE MORRIS WORM - NOVEMBER 2, 1988 | | | | First major internet worm | | Created by Robert Tappan Morris | | Infected ~10% of internet-connected | | computers (6,000 machines) | | | | "I'm sorry for the damage I caused" | | | \___________________________________________/ ~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~ | __|__ / \ | () () | \ ^ / ||||| ||||| _____|_____ / \ | PAYLOAD: | | sendmail | | fingerd | | rsh/rexec | \___________/ | ~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~o~~~