Sasser Author Under Arrest, Say German Police - GoFuckYourself.com

nathan_f · 05-08-2004, 07:10 AM

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...7&threshold=-1

"The Sasser author is an 18 year old man who was arrested on Friday in Rotenburg, Germany."

damn kid deserves a good kick in the head.

anyone find any news in english?

Roger · 05-08-2004, 07:12 AM

haha, what an idiot. Damn criminals.

PornoMan · 05-08-2004, 08:36 AM

good

MichaelP · 05-08-2004, 09:02 AM

Apogee hahahahahas "A number of german news websites, like n-tv, or the german yahoo news site (courtesy of the german press agency, lending this some credibility) (web sites in german) report that the programmer of the Sasser worm has been arrested by german police. The Sasser author is an 18 year old man who was arrested on Friday in Rotenburg, Germany. With the Sasser worm being the latest among worms that spread like wildfire among unpatched hahahahahahas boxes, and apparently also caused serious computer outages and cost to the economy, how will this be transformed into an indictment?"

Good for him. I hope they will hang him by the balls...

KRL · 05-08-2004, 10:39 AM

HANOVER, Germany -- A German high-school student has confessed to creating the "Sasser" worm that generated chaos across the globe by infecting hundreds of thousands of computers, authorities said Saturday.

The teenager, whose name was not released, was arrested Friday in the northern village of Waffensen, where he lives with his family. Investigators in nearby Hanover said they were put on his trail by a tip earlier Friday from Microsoft Corp.

In a search of the suspect's home, they confiscated his customized computer, which was believed to contain the worm's source code, the state criminal office said in a statement.

It added that "as a result of the student's detailed testimony about the viruses he spread, he has been identified clearly as the author."

The worm raced around the world over the last week, exploiting a flaw in Microsoft's W-indows operating system.

The teenager is being investigated on suspicion of computer sabotage, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, said Detlef Ehrike, a spokesman for the state criminal office. After being questioned, he was released pending charges.

Unlike most computer infections, Sasser does not require users to activate it by clicking on an e-mail attachment. Once inside, the worm scans the Internet for others to attack, causing some computers to continually crash and reboot.

The teenager told officials that his original intention was to create a virus that would combat the "Mydoom" and "Bagle" viruses, removing them from infected computers. In the course of that effort, he developed the "Netsky" virus further -- and after modifying it, Sasser.

"The student did not give any thought to the resulting consequences or damage," investigators said.

On Monday, the worm hit public hospitals in Hong Kong and one-third of Taiwan's post office branches. Twenty British Airways flights were each delayed about 10 minutes Tuesday due to Sasser troubles at check-in desks, while British coast guard stations used pen and paper for charts normally generated by computer.

Sasser is known as a network worm because it can automatically scan the Internet for computers with a security flaw and send a copy of itself there.

05-08-2004, 07:10 AM	#1
nathan_f Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Think of me as Chomsky with dick jokes. Posts: 3,983	Sasser Author Under Arrest, Say German Police http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...7&threshold=-1 "The Sasser author is an 18 year old man who was arrested on Friday in Rotenburg, Germany." damn kid deserves a good kick in the head. anyone find any news in english?

05-08-2004, 08:36 AM	#3
PornoMan Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Porn Land Posts: 168	good __________________

05-08-2004, 10:39 AM	#5
KRL Entrepreneur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 31,429	HANOVER, Germany -- A German high-school student has confessed to creating the "Sasser" worm that generated chaos across the globe by infecting hundreds of thousands of computers, authorities said Saturday. The teenager, whose name was not released, was arrested Friday in the northern village of Waffensen, where he lives with his family. Investigators in nearby Hanover said they were put on his trail by a tip earlier Friday from Microsoft Corp. In a search of the suspect's home, they confiscated his customized computer, which was believed to contain the worm's source code, the state criminal office said in a statement. It added that "as a result of the student's detailed testimony about the viruses he spread, he has been identified clearly as the author." The worm raced around the world over the last week, exploiting a flaw in Microsoft's W-indows operating system. The teenager is being investigated on suspicion of computer sabotage, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, said Detlef Ehrike, a spokesman for the state criminal office. After being questioned, he was released pending charges. Unlike most computer infections, Sasser does not require users to activate it by clicking on an e-mail attachment. Once inside, the worm scans the Internet for others to attack, causing some computers to continually crash and reboot. The teenager told officials that his original intention was to create a virus that would combat the "Mydoom" and "Bagle" viruses, removing them from infected computers. In the course of that effort, he developed the "Netsky" virus further -- and after modifying it, Sasser. "The student did not give any thought to the resulting consequences or damage," investigators said. On Monday, the worm hit public hospitals in Hong Kong and one-third of Taiwan's post office branches. Twenty British Airways flights were each delayed about 10 minutes Tuesday due to Sasser troubles at check-in desks, while British coast guard stations used pen and paper for charts normally generated by computer. Sasser is known as a network worm because it can automatically scan the Internet for computers with a security flaw and send a copy of itself there. __________________ If you would like to develop your domains, you can lease inexpensive foreign labor from the leaders in the field at iWebmasters.com TO LOWER YOUR COSTS AND INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTION! * * * * * * * * * * * * Domains Adult News KRL's Newsletter Biz Tips Just Listed Domains

05-08-2004, 07:12 AM	#2
Roger Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: MetroCity Posts: 3,181	haha, what an idiot. Damn criminals.

05-08-2004, 09:02 AM	#4
MichaelP Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: QWEBEC Corporate Office Posts: 7,124	Apogee hahahahahas "A number of german news websites, like n-tv, or the german yahoo news site (courtesy of the german press agency, lending this some credibility) (web sites in german) report that the programmer of the Sasser worm has been arrested by german police. The Sasser author is an 18 year old man who was arrested on Friday in Rotenburg, Germany. With the Sasser worm being the latest among worms that spread like wildfire among unpatched hahahahahahas boxes, and apparently also caused serious computer outages and cost to the economy, how will this be transformed into an indictment?" Good for him. I hope they will hang him by the balls...