Mydoom has resurfaced intermittently since then, and a variation on the worm was a part of the on South Korea. The original author of the worm has never been found, but security firms have speculated that it was commissioned by e-mail spammers and that it originated in Russia.
Year: Reported in 2007
Predicted outcome: Hackers on steroids, "The Internet Hate Machine"
Actual outcome: , DDoS attacks on Scientology