Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!matt
From: matt@ethz.UUCP (Martin Matt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Writing to write protected disks?
Keywords: Virus,Atari,ST
Message-ID: <614@ethz.UUCP>
Date: 16 Sep 88 06:36:51 GMT
Organization: ETH Zuerich
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In a german magazine (ST Magazine, former 68000er) I read about a scandinavian
hacker group, which claimed to have written a virus that could format a
write protected disk. The writer of the article claimed to have witnessed such
evil thing happening.

My question: is such thing possible without tampering with the hardware of the
	      disk drive? 

The hacker group said, that they never distributed the beast.


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Martin Matt   ( ...!cernvax!ethz!matt  )