| | USATODAY.com - Wired magazine story to detail Slammer Web attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | SEATTLE (Reuters) Wired magazine is planning to publish the underlying code for the Slammer worm that slowed Internet traffic to a crawl in January, raising questions over whether such articles inspire future hackers or educate potential victims. |
 | | The article, which will be published in Wired's July issue due out Tuesday, details how the Slammer worm, also known as "SQL Slammer", spread rapidly through the Internet on Jan. 25, shutting down Internet service providers in South Korea, disrupting plane schedules and knocking out automatic teller machines. |
 | | Experts noted that the article does not provide details on how to plant the worm, or how to erase any trace of doing so, which would be the most important step for a malicious hacker who wanted to avoid being caught. |
| www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2003-06-05-wired-runs-slammer_x.htm (512 words) |