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- The man behind the world's first major computer virus outbreak has admitted his guilt, 20 years after his software infected millions of machines worldwide. Filipino Onel de Guzman, now 44, says he unleashed the Love Bug computer worm to steal passwords so he could access the internet without paying.
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May 4, 2020 · 20 years ago, a young Filipino programmer, Onel de Guzman, was about to become the prime suspect in a criminal investigation. Why? He appeared to have set lose the so called ILOVEYOU computer virus, a worm that infected tens of millions of Windows computers around the world in May 2000.
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May 4, 2020 · Geoff White, a writer for BBC News, says he tracked the culprit down at a mobile phone repair shop in Manila. His name is Onel de Guzman, and he's now 44 years old. Guzman claims he wrote...
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May 4, 2020 · The man who created the first major global computer virus has finally admitted he was behind it, 20-years after it was unleashed. Onel de Guzman said he authored the Love Bug computer worm to steal passwords as a way to freely access the internet, according to a forthcoming book on cyber crime.
May 3, 2020 · The man behind the world's first major computer virus outbreak has admitted his guilt, 20 years after his software infected millions of machines worldwide. Filipino Onel de Guzman, now 44, says he...
May 4, 2020 · Onel de Guzman, seen here in May 2000, was quickly accused of being the author of the ILOVEYOU virus.
May 5, 2020 · So yes, the outbreak was dealt with. But whatever happened to the Dr. Evil behind ILOVEYOU? Well, just the other day – he reappeared, just in time for the 20-year anniversary! Here he is – Onel de Guzman – who now works in a cramped phone repair booth in a mall in Manila in the Philippines! Onel de Guzman and the journalist Geoff White ...
May 1, 2020 · Seated to his right, de Guzman’s lawyer Rolando Quimbo had to lean in close to hear the 23-year-old’s mumbled response, which he then repeated in English for the waiting press. “He is not...
