Break Me virus in Web design west midlands
Thomas W. Lederman created the Break Me virus in 1997 while he was working for a computer company in San Francisco, in the USA. The young, rebellious programmer had been challenged to create a virus that would break the companys security. Break Me proved to be the worst virus that had been created and it crashed e-mail systems all over the country, including the inner companys messenger. The virus was created in Web design west midlands corporation but it infected many more companies as well as private computers. The mechanism was very simple. As soon as the virus infected a PC, it sent copies of the infected message to all of the address in the outlooks address book. The recipients thought that they knew the senders so they opened the messages. Then, the virus deleted important files and documents on the computers hard disk. The virus cost the company more than $5 million. After discovering who was responsible for creating the virus, the president of web design west midlands corporation fired Thomas Lederman and sued him for damages because of enormous financial losses. Even though the companys lawyers won the case, Lederman was only sent to prison for 5 years as he couldnt compensate the costs.