I like to think about amazing things in life. What's possible. Is it possible for a person to hack the entire world, and crash all the computers, or control them all. Or maybe in a country?
2007-10-31 15:01:09 · 9 answers · asked by jayjay 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
not individual computers covering a full country, but you could temporarily wipe an entire continent off the internet if you cut through the fiber optic cables that run under the world's oceans.
that said, there are a handful of fairly recent computer worms that have broke the mould when it comes to compromising computers and claiming victims - the blaster worm for example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_worm
it was impressive in comparison to other worms and viruses in that it required no user intervention to get onto computers, you simply had to be connected to the internet with an unpatched hole in your operating system and that was it.
one of the more recent large-scale automated hacking incidents is probably the closest occurence to what you're talking about, and makes for an interesting read too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_botnet
2007-10-31 15:10:57 · answer #1 · answered by piquet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not possible for a person to hack the entire world, or crash all the computers, or control them all, or in a country.
Not all computers are on the internet. In fact, nearly half are not. Many computers run variations of Unix, which will not likely be affected by a Windows virus. Current security measures on networks (firewalls, both soft and hard, and antivirus software) would greatly reduce a risk to many computers. All of these things negate the above comment about 1/4 of the worlds computers being affected by any virus. The percentage is very small actually. In fact, Code Red, the most costly virus in history, was estimated to only affect 110 million users, worldwide.
2007-10-31 22:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by TNguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you have different computers with different operating systems and some are behind firewalls. It's possible in Hollywood reality, but not the real thing.
2007-10-31 22:10:42 · answer #3 · answered by Brandon J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ttttttooooo many resources needed to even think about the country....interesting thought though for the future, when almost everything will be controled by computers
2007-10-31 22:06:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the amount of intrusions that my firewall blocks each and every day from IP adresses in China, it appears that the Chinese are already hard at work at just that!
2007-10-31 22:05:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
each time a major virus alert goes out, it has already crashed a quarter the worlds computers.
2007-10-31 22:05:26 · answer #6 · answered by agello24 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
u tryin to go live free or diehard on us??? but this is possible but youll need like a whole team of people
2007-10-31 22:07:46 · answer #7 · answered by nick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know much about hacking, but I guess this is impossible.
2007-10-31 22:03:59 · answer #8 · answered by Agent JipST 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human made computers?
Yes Yes and Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-10-31 22:06:12 · answer #9 · answered by Dongfeng!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋