WinNuke Exploit of 1997

WinNuke Exploit of 1997 definition - hacker
First published on BUGTRAQ in May 1997, it was designed to cause Windows 3.11, Windows 95, and Windows NT machines to crash. This information was quickly seized upon by the online chat and gaming community, who used it to crash other peopleÂ’s machines while online, especially while they were in IRC rooms.

See Also: Exploit; Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

Graham, R. Hacking Lexicon. [Online, 2001.] Robert Graham Website. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/resource_files/documentation/hacking-dict.html.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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