Security News > 2020 > September > Interview with the Author of the 2000 Love Bug Virus
2020-09-22 18:35
De Guzman was poor, and internet access was expensive.
He felt that getting online was almost akin to a human right.
Getting access required a password, so his solution was to steal the passwords from those who'd paid for them.
Not that de Guzman regarded this as stealing: He argued that the password holder would get no less access as a result of having their password unknowingly "Shared."
De Guzman came up with a solution: a password-stealing program.