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WORM SUSPECT ARRESTED

#1 Postby rainstorm » Sat May 08, 2004 7:08 am

Germans arrest Sasser worm suspect



Rotenburg, , May. 8 (UPI) -- German authorities have arrested a teenager suspected of creating the Internet Sasser worm that infected millions of computers, Sky News reported Saturday.

The programmer, an unidentified 18-year-old male from the northern state of Lower Saxony, was detained Friday, a police spokesman said.

The Sasser worm struck May 1 and may have affected as many as 18 million computers worldwide in less than a week.

Among groups affected by Sasser were the European Commission, the postal service in Taiwan, Finnish banks, Australian rail traffic control, and the Spanish national courtroom.

The outbreak was the third major Internet infection this year after Mydoom.A in January and Bagle.B in February
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#2 Postby Guest » Sat May 08, 2004 7:10 am

Good job for catching the little schmuck. Maybe if they cut off his fingers, it will deter future hackers. ;)
...Jennifer...
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#3 Postby rainstorm » Sat May 08, 2004 7:29 am

cool punishment
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#4 Postby TexasStooge » Sat May 08, 2004 1:28 pm

The scumbag's caught!! Woo-hoo!!
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#5 Postby Rainband » Sat May 08, 2004 3:04 pm

Great news!!! :)
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#6 Postby Stephanie » Sat May 08, 2004 3:08 pm

I saw that on my front page on my browser. Excellent news!
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#7 Postby WXBUFFJIM » Sat May 08, 2004 9:29 pm

Oh what a scumbag he was. Freaking computer virsuses because of him :grr: Well we got enough of those to catch nowadays :eek: :eek:


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#8 Postby furluvcats » Sat May 08, 2004 9:39 pm

Glad they got him...has anyone ever heard of what punishment these hackers get? Do they just get cushy jobs with computer companies, or do they go to jail????
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#9 Postby stormraiser » Sun May 09, 2004 10:08 am

Fry him :grrr:
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