NY teen claims to be responsible for Twitter worms

If you used Twitter this past weekend, you may have received messages like “Mikeyy I am done…,” “MikeyyMikeyy is done,” and “Twitter please fix this, regards Mikey.” New York teen Michael “Mikeyy” Mooney has reported to CNET News that he’s responsible for these worms and created the worms out of boredom.

Mooney went on to say that he also launched the Twitter worms as a way to bring attention to the flaws found within the micro-blogging site. The worm spread rapidly throughout Twitter, but besides from the unwanted messages, it did not seem to create any major damage. Mooney has said that he has created worms since he was 14, but this latest worm will likely be his last.

Twitter released a statement over the weekend that they were able to close the holes that permitted the worm to spread so rapidly. They went on to state that none of their members’ personal information was compromised as a result of the attack.

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