Kimberley Vanvaeck, [1] also known by her online moniker Gigabyte, [2] is a virus writer from Belgium known for a long-standing dispute which involved the internet security firm Sophos and one of its employees, Graham Cluley. [1] [3] [4] [5] Vanvaeck wrote several viruses, including Quis, Coconut and YahaSux (also called Sahay). She also created a Sharp virus (also called "Sharpei"), credited as being the first virus to be written in C#. [2] [6]
Vanvaeck's dispute with Cluley began after he made several comments concerning the gender of virus writers. [6] This prompted Vanvaeck to write several viruses, that specifically targeted Cluley which were stated to be written as proof-of-concept rather than releasing them in the wild. [1]
Kimberley Vanvaeck, [1] also known by her online moniker Gigabyte, [2] is a virus writer from Belgium known for a long-standing dispute which involved the internet security firm Sophos and one of its employees, Graham Cluley. [1] [3] [4] [5] Vanvaeck wrote several viruses, including Quis, Coconut and YahaSux (also called Sahay). She also created a Sharp virus (also called "Sharpei"), credited as being the first virus to be written in C#. [2] [6]
Vanvaeck's dispute with Cluley began after he made several comments concerning the gender of virus writers. [6] This prompted Vanvaeck to write several viruses, that specifically targeted Cluley which were stated to be written as proof-of-concept rather than releasing them in the wild. [1]