He created the fastest-spreading computer virus…ever | Roadtrip Nation

“It was all fun and games until I got raided.”

Way before the days of fake friends and bots, hacker Samy Kamkar decided to boost his MySpace friend count the old fashioned way: by writing a cross-site scripting worm.

Watch what happens when a good-natured prank becomes the fastest-spreading computer virus of its time—and hear how Samy started using hacking for good.

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