---
id: 802
title: "Unsolved Cyber Mysteries Volume 2: The WANK Worm"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/unsolved-cyber-mysteries-volume-2-the-wank-worm/"
published_at: "2023-10-18 13:00"
tags: ["nasa", "worm", "malware-history", "cyber-mysteries", "wank-worm", "hacktivism"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/802"
lang: en
---

# Unsolved Cyber Mysteries Volume 2: The WANK Worm

## Summary

This episode of Unsolved Cyber Mysteries covers the 1989 WANK Worm, an early act of hacktivism that hit NASA days before the Galileo Probe launch, displaying protest messages on infected systems.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2023-10-18 13:00
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/unsolved-cyber-mysteries-volume-2-the-wank-worm/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/802