00:00The deadly computer virus created by a 17-year-old boy.
00:03At just 17 years old, Sven Yashen created two of the most destructive worms the internet had ever seen.
00:10The first, Sasser, would scan random IP addresses across the web,
00:14silently ordering infected machines to download the virus and spread it further.
00:19Sasser brought down a third of Taiwan's postal service,
00:22forced 130 bank branches in Finland to shut their doors,
00:26and grounded trains and flights across multiple countries.
00:28The second, Netski, was an email-based worm known for spreading with terrifying speed and efficiency.
00:35Together, the two pieces of malware cost an estimated $31 billion in damages,
00:40and the reason Yashen built them, reportedly, to sabotage his mother and stepfather's PC repair business.
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