[pchelpers] News:Microsoft puts $250,000 bounty on Conficker worm author's head

The 'criminal attack' on millions of computers worldwide deserves to be
punished, says Microsoft
Charles Arthur
guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 February 2009 16.37 GMT


Microsoft has put a $250,000 bounty on the head of the writer of the
"Conficker/Downadup" worm that has infected millions of PCs worldwide in
the past month – though past results suggest it might have limited
success.

The reward – for information leading to the capture and conviction of
the author or authors of the software – follows similar cash incentives
offered by Microsoft to catch virus writers since 2003.

More here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/13/microsoft-offers-250k-bounty-conficker-worm
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