Ripjack Request / Ripjack Program: An instruction or program meant to send an infected computer, program, website, server, router and/or other hardware and software into an infinite loop cycle. Like the recent cyber attacks being experienced worldwide. The term itself is based on an old Star Trek (sigh...) episode 'Wolf in the Fold'. Spock commanded the ship computer (infected by the alien spirit of Jack the Ripper, memorably voiced by John Fiedler) to compute pi to the last decimal (impossible, of course). We suppose, theoretically, any computer could be thrown into an infinite loop with a large enough request.
References: July 2009 Cyber Attacks, Computers in U.S. Linked to Cyber Attack, PCs could be hit next in Web attack, PCs could be hit next in Web attack: South Korea, South Korea blocks IP addresses spreading computer virus , Debate over possible responses to cyber attacks, Experts work to untangle cyber attacks, and Griditration or Gridthreat.
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References: July 2009 Cyber Attacks, Computers in U.S. Linked to Cyber Attack, PCs could be hit next in Web attack, PCs could be hit next in Web attack: South Korea, South Korea blocks IP addresses spreading computer virus , Debate over possible responses to cyber attacks, Experts work to untangle cyber attacks, and Griditration or Gridthreat.
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