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Blaster Writer Caught
Henry V .009 writes "The FBI will be arresting an 18 year-old in connection with MS Blaster, reports The Washington Post." According to the article, the teen was witnessed testing the worm, and then turned in by a bystander. It's also worth noting that this is merely one of the Blaster variations. Hope whoever it was had fun, because a world of pain is waiting in store now.
He'll get hired by IBM in 8 months to work on internet security.
Maybe they were following the XP-methodology and were pair programming?
"There is a terrorist behind every bush"
The FBI will be arresting an 18 year-old
Coder: Huh? They are coming for me? I'd better get moving before they get here.
Lucky the authorities got to him first that is. Well they say there are more virus authors out there. Hopefully all that dental equipment I bought on Ebay will be put to good use.
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
They're planning to do WHAT Friday morning?!?!?
This sounds like the Penis variant that came out shortly afterwards. The kid's a hack.. he's not the original author. It's funny. He just rode someone's coattails for fun and now he's going to do some time and have to worry about who's going to ride his coattails.
All virus/worm/trojan writers use MovieOS where stuff like "Assembling Virus" and "Testing Virus" are written to the screen in blinking fonts.
;-)
Didn't you ever see Swordfish?
my progeny worm
set loose to exploit your holes
mine left for inmates
Didn't download the patch huh?
-Vercingetorix
"Necessitas non habet legem." -St. Augustine
...I got a virus in my computer and... and... it wrote another itself!
Just remember this
I'm a chainsmokin' alcoholic sociopath, so-ci-o-path
Please sir, don't call 18 year olds 'kid'. In federal ass fucking prison he'd simply be known as 'bitch'.
Anyone who's imagenation peaks at nameing one of the most significant viruses of out time as 'MS Blaster' deserves to get caught!
The worlds most intelligent bystander has just been identified.
and SCO issuing another press release.
Err?
No.
They're talking about one person, not fifty monkeys dressed as lawyers
...and the rest of the (anti)virus companies should be sending this guy care packages or something to help this him out. If not for him and other virus writers (i.e. the ones who really wrote the virus), all those companies would be out of business. Business for them has been booming because of all the virus activity, the kid should at least get a free carton of cigarettes before he's carted off to jail.
-Look lively. LOOK LIVELY!!! --Mr. Shmallow
The FBI will be arresting someone.. Hm. I wonder if thats Kevin Mitnick/Guantanamo Bay-style "will be arresting" or they really will arrest him so he can have a proper trial.
If they do throw hin in jail, I don't suspect he'll be a virgin for much longer.
At least with Typhoid Mary, she wasn't really aware of all the damage she was doing up until the end. Microsoft has known they've had odius security problems for a long time but were so determined to cram their products down everyone's throats, that it didn't matter that vermin ,rotten food, petri dishes, eggshells and other garbage was in the mix.
Typhoid Bill
Microsoft Back Typhoid
Microsoft Typhoid
Gate's Syndrome
Typhoid Bob
Microsoft Typhoid Express
Microsoft Virus Express
Microsoft Pestule Express
Microsoft Plague Express
Microsoft Pandemic Express
Windows XP Plague Island Edition
Northwest Nile Syndrome
Blood Letting Pack
Malaria Coast Explorer
Keep your Hands From Your Face Explorer
And everyone's favorite:
Internet Exploder
Any chance he goes around calling himself "Zero Cool"?
maybe spreading another kind of virus
Build a fence around the Microsoft Campus. The Great Wall of Redmond.
> The kid actually did not write the MSBlaster worm, he modified it to make it more potent and released it.
Well, that's OK then.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Researchers also discovered another message hidden inside the infection that appeared (emphasis added) to taunt Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates: "billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!"
Yup, that's cryptic alright. I'll bet the FBI's first question will be to ask what he meant by that.
from the story:
The "Blaster.B" version of the infection, which began spreading Aug. 13, was remarkably similar to the original Blaster worm that struck two days earlier; experts said its author made few changes, including renaming the infecting-file from "msblast" to an anatomical reference.
can you say "PENIS.EXE" that was the executable name of the variant.
And any bystander seeing some kid playing with "PENIS" might call the police.
How to code this: "RENAME MSBLAST.EXE PENIS.EXE" (and a replace of the strings)
This is the beauty of OPEN SOURCE!! He got ahold of some code, modified and improved it, and released it back into the public domain! That's how it's SUPPOSED to work!
Think of the outrage that would have been touched off if he kept the modified code for his own use... INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE!!!
Where do I send my money? This guy is a HERO, not a CRIMINAL!
"Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
Well, jail will no doubt solve that problem ...
Yes, I did. And in fact I did before the virus was even released. Further, I blocked port 135 at my router the day the virus was released. I have never even once had a virus infect any computer I own, even the ones running Microsoft OSes and Outlook/Outlook Express, and I've owned computers since 1980 starting with a TRS-80 Model 1.
Don't assume that because I think the little shits that write viruses should be held accountable for their actions that I am a newbie, a Microsoft fanboy, or a victim. You would be very wrong on all three counts.
If I were to remove the driver side window from my car and replace it with a piece of trash bag, making the car obviously insecure to anyone with more than two brain cells, that still does not give someone the right to damage the interior of my car. Likewise, just because Microsoft peddles insecure garbage does not give some little pimple-faced moron with no social life other than his left hand the right to damage someone's computer.
I want a new quote. One that won't spill. One that don't cost too much. Or come in a pill.
That's your GNU/gnu, you insensitive clod!
You mean this Movie OS?
"Don't forget the prunes." L. Francis Herreshoff
Dude, that was totally incoherent. Go get your coffee, and try again.
Mod point free since 2001
The kids name is ZeroCool, and everything will be just fine, because in the end, he gets Angelina Jolie.
Why are there only 19 people folding@home for slashdot?
Redmond, VA: The youngster will be charged by two companies with accusations of reverse engineering. Citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Microsoft is accusing him of implementing a piece of code that circunvents patented Microsoft's Windows protection.
Richard Ludwig, attorney for Microsoft, said "My clients believe that the writer of this virus is actively destroying the value of my client's proprietary technology, and demand that this viral activity cease immediately."
Mark Scheise, attorney for SCO, said the teenager violated its intellectual property rights by using SCO code in the virus. He said that each bit from its code was a perfect match with SCO's code. "He was using exactly the same two bits as SCO, just in another sequence". Scheise also added that this was not just a coincidence, and denied any request to disclose wich are the two bits. "I can't tell you wich are these two bits, but I assure you they're the same as thos used by SCO".
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Roses are #FF0000, Violets are #0000FF, find / -name '*base*' |xargs chown -R us && mv zig greatjustice
i hope he gets to finish his Big Gulp before the feds throw him in the van...
is that this guy was caught using telnet/pine to read his mail at home and some other kid saw this "very complicated" screen with no buttons and not even a paper clip to help in this task
So, he's quite obviously 1337 h4x0r...
how long until
Build a fence around the Microsoft Campus. The Great Wall of Redmond.
And when the Mongolians come to tear it down, we'll dump sweet-and-sour pork on their heads.
With "Free Kevin" already on my bumper I'm running out of room... can we just have a "Free Hackerz" or "Free Lamerz" sticker for this one?
Those who write a virus using a CAD program deserves jail...
--H
I'm too stupid to preview.
More like someone will be worming their way into him pretty soon.
Mac OS X and Windows XP working side by side to fight back the night.
I dont know on what planet everything is fine when you end up Angeline Jolie. Eww. That is the furtherest thing from fine if you ask me.
It is clear what has happened. Young passions don't last. San (Sandra? Sanchez? Sanitarytowel?) has finally cracked and dumped her acne-faced geek-boy in the worst possible way...
My Karma: ran over your Dogma
StrawberryFrog
Actually, that's HollywoodOS and I hold the patent on it. I figure there's a market for idiots who want to bang on their keyboard haphazardly and have any number of complex processes happen as a result. I also think that more people than just myself want hexagonal windows to be the standard shape.
Anyone want to start a project?
Greg Poirier -- Magic Fairy Bunny Princesses, Inc.
Federal. Ass-pounding. Facility.
Comparing it to Windows will be a moot point, since El Dorado is going to have a 40% larger code base than XP.
Scene: lockdown time in fed pen.
MSBlaster Author: Hey, why are you guys sneaking into my cell?
Big Burt: To teach you a little lesson. Here in the pen, there are two types we don't like: child molesters and computer virus writers.
(Others): *menacing mutters of assent*
MSBlaster Author: But MY virus attacked Windows systems!
Large Larry: Oh! Hey, that's cool. We thought you were attacking linux. We're very sorry to bother you, we'll be leaving now.
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then ???, then profit.
But you are of course obliged to make a good faith efferot test your software and make sure it does not have simple bugs, compiles and runs before you release it. The kid was obviously just releasing his testing his changes prior to releasing the source as he was required to do under the GPL.
all viruses should be GPL. THen bill gates will really be right.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
One day your testes will drop and you'll realize that cooties aren't such a bad thing after all. Or maybe they are, but you won't care. Or so I'm told.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
No one thinks of the poor girl the worm was dedicated to. The guy will probably forget all about her in prison, and may even write a "LoveBrunoMyCellmate" worm to keep himself occupied.
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...with the obligatory progress bar showing how much of the virus/worm/trojan has been uploaded to the 'net.
...an arrest has not yet been made...
/., I'm sure he's busy running a big frickin magnet over his hard drive(s) right about now...
Well, if he does read
"Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit." --Oscar Wilde
Let's give him a fair trial, _then_ let's give him a first-class hangin'!
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> shouldn't that be small FRY?
Engrish stlikes again!
That's not funny you sick fuck.
I've generally found that people making fun of "18 year old virgins" are, themselves, 20+ year old virgins.
I saw Sarah Good writing the virus! I saw Goody Osborne writing the virus!