[pchelpers] News:Posse Formed, $250,000 Bounty Set for Worm Authors

By Frederick Lane 
February 12, 2009 3:30PM 



Microsoft has formed a security group to hunt down the authors of the
virulent Conficker/Downadup worm and is offering $250,000 for their
arrest and conviction. As many as nine million computers may have been
infected by the worm. Members of Microsoft's posse include ICANN,
VeriSign, AOL, Symantec, F-Secure and Arbor Networks.

More here:
http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=101003HDUK4T
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