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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

18 Months in Prison for Creating and Unleashing a Variant of the MS Blaster Computer Worm

Minnesota Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Creating and Unleashing a Variant of the MS Blaster Computer Worm (January 28, 2005):

A 19 year old was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release and 100 hours of community service for intentionally causing and attempting to cause damage to a protected computer. U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman will determine the amount of restitution he owes at a court hearing February 10, 2005. He was indicted in September 2003 for sending out a variant of the MS Blaster computer worm on August 12, 2003. His worm is referred to by a number of different names including the 'B' or 'teekids' variant of the MS Blaster worm. In sentencing him Judge Pechman stated 'What you've done is a terrible thing. Aside from injuring people and their computers you shook the foundation of technology.'

posted by CentralLaw @ 10/04/2005 01:37:00 AM