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.

its always a college student or some high school punk that does this shit

Good i wish to him nice days in prision

he'll find a new hobby, like being someones butt-buddy in jail.

kill the fucker:BangBang:

hehe, he probably don't even mind. Seriously, what do you actually gain by spreading such a virus on the net? It has always been a clueless thing to me. I think those who do this shit have no life, and are highly frustrated.

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 hahahahahahas 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.

:1orglaugh
What a stupid fuck.

What's the worst thing that can happens to him???

5 years in prison.

Now I could see if the worm had some kind of mass mailing "spam" or profit to gain....

that would be some Serious cash..

But just a regular worm... why?

Five years in prison, out in two, and at least ten job offers when he's free.

It goes without saying, for the most part, computer crime pays, I really want to see one of these guys locked up and forgotten about for at least 10 years, enough time that all their skills are only good for are teaching the elderly how to e-mail the grandkids. :thumbsup

Let the kid go he was only kidding :1orglaugh

wish i did that when I was in college. virus making was banned during that time. getting younger it seems, im sure Microsoft would hire the guy just to keep him away messing their products :1orglaugh

nah, i guess he lauched it abruptly not knowing the consequences, just a test phase

I was hit by saser:( Nasty little thing!

Props to microsoft for tracking him down. :thumbsup

boneprone fucked him

Well, usually those kids never knows what they do, so I think it wouldl be a nice lesson for him.. Anyways, users should update their OS more often (and Microsoft program them better)

microsoft fucked him

Mafiaboy "Michael Calce" supposedly recently created a variant of the netsky virus.. Once hes nailed for that im sure theyll lock him up for even longer with addition to his past and other activities hes got up his sleeve atm..

fucking...... bastard ....enjoy prison :BangBang:

Im sure german boy will get his share of brauts and mr Michael his share of frenchman franks.