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MySpace Samy Worm
Ended up just now on an article about the worm that ate myspace this week or last week:

Web 2.0 worm downs MySpace

The article includes a link to the authors explanation -- and presentation -- of the exploit code itself, which makes interesting reading, if for no other reason than the ingenuity with which he was able to craft it. (Only a college student or someone working for a company about to go bankrupt would have the time to do this.) Here is the code (linebreaks were an important part of it):

Code removed because it was screwing up my layout -- to view code, click link above


The author assures us that it is now harmless on MySpace. But where else might it -- or, rather, the concept -- end up wrecking havoc?