[cdg] Computer News - Computer virus bounty leads to Sasser arrest
- From: "Donny Duncan" <ravers_deelite@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 19:28:26 -0500
Pulled from NewScientist (www.newscientist.com)
Computer virus bounty leads to Sasser arrest
Microsoft has credited its virus bounty scheme for the arrest of a German
computer programmer who is suspected of unleashing the Sasser computer worm.
The unnamed 18-year-old student from Rotenburg, a small town in the northern
state of Lower Saxony, is reported to have confessed to creating the worm,
after being apprehended by police on 7 May.
"Given detailed statements by the student on the viruses that he created, he
has been identified without doubt as being behind them," said a spokesman for
Lower Saxony police.
The suspect was tracked down after sources contacted Microsoft to ask if it
would give them a financial reward for information about the author of the
worm.
In November 2003 the company said it would give $250,000 rewards for
information leading to the successful prosecution of the creators of three
prolific computer worms: "Blaster", "Sobig" and "Mydoom".
Read more here:
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/tech/article.jsp?id=99994973&sub=Computing
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