Even the MyDoom worm family got into the juvenile brouhaha. Stuck inside MyDoom.g, -- a close copy of the original MyDoom loosed on the Internet late Tuesday -- is a long rambling message that reads in part: "to netsky's creator(s): imho, skynet is a decentralized peer-to-peer neural network. they may be called skynets, but not your s***** app."
You get the idea: an IT version of the Jerry Springer show.
Calling the back-and-fourth the first major global "cyber war" between hackers, security firm Central Command noted that the person (or persons) responsible for each of the three worm families involved -- Bagle, Netsky, and now MyDoom -- are battling for control of a huge army of Windows computers that have been compromised by infections, which have opened ports and installed backdoor components on the systems.
"It appears to be a war over power and seniority among these authors," said Steven Sundermeier, Central Commands vice president of products and services, in a statement.
Other security firms, including Sophos have used the word "war" to define what's going on. "Clearly the author of the Bagle worms is unimpressed that Netsky is stealing some of the limelight and most of the headlines," said Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant for the U.K.-based Sophos.
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