A wisecracking group of hackers confirmed its claim this week that it spread an antipiracy virus was nothing but a hoax aimed at garnering fame. But members of the group, known as Gobbles Security, conceded that a program it released . . .
A wisecracking group of hackers confirmed its claim this week that it spread an antipiracy virus was nothing but a hoax aimed at garnering fame. But members of the group, known as Gobbles Security, conceded that a program it released to demonstrate the problem was a Trojan horse capable of destroying files on the computers of unwary Unix users.

Experts said the bizarre incident, which caused a brief frenzy among some security firms and fans of music file sharing, follows a grand tradition of pranks by the playful hacking group.

"I think that the latest Gobbles advisory is genius," said Dave Aitel, head of Immunity Security, a security software and services provider. "Gobbles takes the piss out of all of us, and we need to respect and appreciate that."

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