Mikeyy

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Mikeyy is the name of a computer worm that spread approximately 10,000[1] automated messages ( or "tweets") across social networking and mini-blog website Twitter.com[2] in four discrete attacks "between 2 AM Saturday April 11, 2009 Pacific time and early Monday (April 14, 2009) morning" before it was "identified and deleted"[1]. The tweets promoted a website called StalkDaily[3].

The worm was written by 17 year old Michael Mooney who operates a website to point out vulnerabilities in Twitter while advertising his website[4].

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345187,00.asp
  2. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/13/twitter.worm/
  3. ^ http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technology/Twitter-Hit-By-Mikeyy-Worm-User-Profiles-Infected/Article/200904215260613?lpos=Technology_News_Your_Way_Region_9&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15260613_Twitter_Hit_By_Mikeyy_Worm%3A_User_Profiles_Infected
  4. ^ http://www.bnonews.com/news/242.html


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