ILOVEYOU [008]
Posted on Sunday, May 4, 2025
Show Notes
May 4, 2000 many people in world woke up to a love letter in their INBOX. It wasn’t your typical love letter, this one was one of the world’s most destructive email worms and it quickly spread to infect an estimated 10% of the world’s PCs. For a longer write-up on ILOVEYOU, see my LinkedIn Post.
Wikipedia - ILOVEYOU
CNN - ‘I love you’: How a badly-coded computer virus caused billions in damage and exposed vulnerabilities which remain 20 years on
WIRED - The 20-Year Hunt for the Man Behind the Love Bug Virus
GAO - CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION “ILOVEYOU” Computer Virus Highlights Need for Improved Alert and Coordination Capabilities
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ACT OF 2000- CHAN ROBLES VIRTUAL LAW LIBRARY
How ILOVEYOU worm became the first global computer virus pandemic
BBC - Love Bug’s creator tracked down to repair shop in Manila\
Hosts
Chester Wisniewski (He/Him)
Chester Wisniewski is an old hat to information security having practiced the art professionally for more than 25 years. Starting out with a 300 baud modem in the 80s he became obsessed with exploring the world’s phone networks (phreaking?) which inevitably led to bulletin boards and early internet access in the mid-80s. The trust inherent in the system seemed absurd and this inspired Chester to pursue how we might build systems less prone to abuse. The rest is history.
Ben Verschaeren (He/Him)
Ben has been in Information Technology for two decades starting at the age of 14. Recently described by a senor executive as an “Adult Dennis the Menace”, Ben’s always up for a bit of cyber mayhem. Having worked across, Managed Services Providers, two of Australia’s largest Enterprises and an almost decade at a Security Vendor. Ben’s experience spans Wintel System Administration, Network Administration, Penetration Testing, and Software Development.