April 1 is the day the Conficker computer worm was supposed to do something terrible to millions of computers running Microsoft Windows -- though engineers were at a loss to say just what that something was.
So what happened? If your computer lets you read this story, we can presume it's not a smoldering wreck.
But somewhere in cyberspace, some hacker, or hackers, created Conficker, and they're still out there. So are others.
What's a Hacker Anyway?
Merriam-Webster has multiple definitions of "hacker" -- including "an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer," or "a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system."
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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