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Rictor · 05-08-2004, 10:57 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/interne....ap/index.html

Police: Sasser suspect confesses
Saturday, May 8, 2004 Posted: 11:18 AM EDT (1518 GMT)

BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- German authorities have arrested an 18-year-old suspected of creating the "Sasser" computer worm, which infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide, an official said Saturday.

The suspect, a high school student, was arrested Friday and has told authorities he was behind the worm, said Frank Federau, a spokesman for the state criminal office in Hanover.

Police and prosecutors on Friday searched his parents' house in the northern town of Waffensen, Federau said. He did not release the man's identity, and said he did not immediately have details of how the suspect was tracked down.

05-08-2004, 10:57 AM
Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	Sasser virus suspect arrested - 18 years old http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/interne....ap/index.html Police: Sasser suspect confesses Saturday, May 8, 2004 Posted: 11:18 AM EDT (1518 GMT) BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- German authorities have arrested an 18-year-old suspected of creating the "Sasser" computer worm, which infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide, an official said Saturday. The suspect, a high school student, was arrested Friday and has told authorities he was behind the worm, said Frank Federau, a spokesman for the state criminal office in Hanover. Police and prosecutors on Friday searched his parents' house in the northern town of Waffensen, Federau said. He did not release the man's identity, and said he did not immediately have details of how the suspect was tracked down.