It’s just another day as you slide into your seat and hit the start button on your computer. You guzzle coffee as you wait for your system to start up, and bam! Your stomach drops as you stare at the deep indigo colored screen. It’s not a folk tale, it’s not an urban legend…it’s the blue screen of death. (BSOD) Yikes. There goes your day.

We all know that it’s common sense to stay away from funny looking email. If you don’t know who sent it, don’t open it. It’s a great concept, in theory. In fact, lots of us with itchy, trigger-happy fingers have opened email titled ILOVEYOU only to be bitten by the love bug. Ouch. Let’s take a look at some of the worst network attacks of all time.

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