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Witty worm flaws reveal source, initial targets
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-05-24

The Witty worm, which infected more than 12,000 servers a year ago, came from a single computer in Europe that used a U.S. military base's vulnerable systems to kick-start the epidemic, an analysis reveals.

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Witty worm flaws reveal source, initial targets 2005-06-03
Anonymous
"The worm appeared before an exploit for the vulnerability had been made public, a departure from the normal evolution of Internet worms. "

I think it should say:

"The worm appeared before a fix for the vulnerability had been made public, a departure from the normal evolution of Internet worms...

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