12.01.2004

Always Assume the Worst

...and you'll never be disappointed. In discussing Lycos' anti-spam screensaver with my dad, I mentioned that someone would probably hack it before too long. Well, at 3:01 am today, this appeared:

An anonymous reader writes "Lycos, shortly after producing a screen saver to fight spammers using a DoS-style attack appears to have been hacked. Attempting to download the screen saver from lycos results in this message 'Yes, attacking spammers is wrong, you know this, you shouldn't be doing it. Your IP address and request have been logged and will be reported to your ISP for further action.' Or maybe it's just a joke -- can you ever tell?"

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