November 20, 2006

Second Life’s Grey Goo

by Guy Brighton

Second Life has fallen foul of a couple of strange happenings. First copybot, now the Grey Goo worm! The BBC says:

Virtual world Second Life had to close its doors for a short time on Sunday after a worm attack called grey goo. The self-replicating worm planted spinning gold rings around the virtual world, which is inhabited by more than a million users.

The BBC reports.

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2 Responses to “Second Life’s Grey Goo”

  1. Tony Walsh
    Posted from: 70.51.133.194

    November 20th, 2006 at 10:33 pm

    This latest attack isn’t unique, or the newest or most severe Second Life has experienced. In October 2006, a glut of attacks followed a vague “terrorist” threat uttered by self-replicating objects (”gray goo”). In April 2006, three major attacks took place. Almost a year ago today, Linden Lab blocked a DoS attack by deploying a giant virtual firewall in-world, but I don’t think that method is still used. Linden Lab had suggested earlier this year it would bring DoS attackers to the attention of law-enforcement agencies, but the results (if any) have not been publicized.

    I’d have posted supporting links here, but your comment system disables them.

  2. csven
    Posted from: 69.37.120.188

    November 20th, 2006 at 11:26 pm

    I’m seeing news of this all over. As Tony remarked, this isn’t a new occurence.

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