Authorities Arrest Minnesota Teen In Internet Attack

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WASHINGTON -- A Minnesota teenager known online as "teekid" has been arrested for unleashing the "Blaster" infection on the Internet weeks ago.

A Minnesota court official has identified the 18-year-old as Jeffrey Parson, who is to make a court appearance Friday in St. Paul.


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More details are expected to be disclosed later by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle, which has been leading the investigation.

A witness reportedly saw the teen testing the infection and called authorities.

Collectively, different versions of the worm, also called "LovSan," snarled corporate computer networks worldwide. It forced Maryland's motor vehicle agency to close for a day, and it frustrated home computer users.


A leading antivirus vendor -- Symantec -- says the worm and its variants are estimated to have infected more than 500,000 computers worldwide. Experts consider it one of the worst outbreaks this year.

[JCT777]

Well, I hope that 18 year old kid has a lot of quiet time behind bars to think about what he has done.

[azsnowman]

I agree John......I'd like to see this little triwp serve time over this one!

Dennis

[StormCrazyIowan]

Little punk! He'll get what's coming to him!

[David]

I agree with what Jacki said.

[mf_dolphin]

Hopefully there are more arrests to come! He only released a modified version of the Blaster worm. Whoever wrote the original is still out there.

[DaylilyDawn]

He certainly needs to be made an example of that the public is not going to put up with destructive computer programers

[Pro-Storm]

Wonder why these kids don't turn their computer skills into something positive??