Was the Y2K Bug a Hoax? Keith Best Perhaps the biggest news story of the 1999 was the Y2K bug. Many believers in the Y2K bug panicked and took many precautions, such as stocking up food and water before the New Year. While their non-believer counterparts just look at it as a regular New Year and planned to do what they would normally do on New Year’s eve. There was a lot …showed first 75 words of 626 total…

…showed last 75 words of 626 total…K bug? There is evidence to support both sides of this argument. If the millennium bug was fabricated then it was a big success because it created lots of jobs, was highly publicized and it made lots of money. Whether or not the Y2K bug was a hoax we may never truly find out. Bibliography http://www.novia.net/~todd/rapp66.html (January 27th, 2000) http://www.wbn.com/y2ktimebomb/whatis97.htm (January 27th, 2000)