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Juvenile arrested in release of variant in Blaster worm attack
SFGate ^

Posted on 09/26/2003 2:51:41 PM PDT by Happy2BMe

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:44:05 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Investigators have arrested a juvenile in connection with the release of a variant of the "Blaster" computer worm, which crippled thousands of computers worldwide last month.

It was the second arrest stemming from the release of variants of the worm, but detectives have yet to determine who created the main version.


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TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: blaster; captured; juvenile; lowqualitycrap; microsoft; windows; worm
Hehe.. those little bastards!
1 posted on 09/26/2003 2:51:41 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
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2 posted on 09/26/2003 3:04:11 PM PDT by GalaxieFiveHundred
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LoL!

Did you program that yourself?

3 posted on 09/26/2003 3:05:21 PM PDT by Happy2BMe (LIBERTY has arrived in Iraq - Now we can concentrate on HOLLYWEED!)
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Why, yes I did. A little cut here, a little paste there and, voila!
4 posted on 09/26/2003 3:20:42 PM PDT by GalaxieFiveHundred
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if convicted one year or so (in jail) and loss of all use of a computer and zero technical data.
5 posted on 09/26/2003 3:34:43 PM PDT by camas
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time to get serious with these little a-holes ...they are causing to much$$$$damage....
6 posted on 09/26/2003 3:45:15 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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