The prosecutor, on the other hand, called it a "full-scale assault."² It was an accident, and Morris apologized for it on the stand.¹ He had only intended to demonstrate UNIX security flaws in Send Mail and the finger demon, the danger of weak passwords, and other vulnerabilities. ![]() ![]() In 1990, Morris' lawyer argued that he didn't mean for the worm to reinfect machines at such a rate that they became inoperable. ![]() A floppy containing the Morris Worm source code at the Computer History Museum.
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