On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Shawn McMahon wrote:
No deeper motive need be applied to this than "ActiveX sucks, and I'm gonna show 'em" or "wow, look what I can do if I combine these two script-kiddie exploits I found on rootshell.com" or "oh, yeah? Prove it." The latter being the driving force behind many destructive hacks over the years.
Until we have enough facts, Occam's Razor isn't very useful, but it would seem to exclude government-backed weirdness.
You misunderstand. I am in no way suggesting that such activities are "government-backed." /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Patrick Greenwell Earth is a single point of failure. \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/