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Blaster Writer Caught

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the doing-the-time-for-doing-the-crime dept.

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.

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  1. Also reported... by FireFury03 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also reported by the BBC

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  2. Re:Will be arresting... by Zocalo · · Score: 4, Informative

    He may be in custody already. To actually arrest someone requires a warrant, but it is possible to hold someone without a warrant for limited time provided they are allowed their phone call etc. I suspect they already have the guy and are just waiting on the necessary paperwork to arrive from the DA's office.

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  3. More info by GyroTech · · Score: 3, Informative

    A quick snippit of info over at The Register seems to hint that the kid did in fact write Blaster-B, not the patching varient (does anyone remeber CodeGreen after CodeRed??).
    Seems that he was 'under surveillance', was caught testing the varient, and is going to be charged with writing the varient.

  4. Its MSBlaster NOT Blaster by Mooncaller · · Score: 3, Informative

    Stop propagating the MS spin. Just because MS has convinced the mainstream media and the Anti-virus software houses ( whos entire buisness is dependent on MS) to change the name does not mean everyone needs to do the same. The only true name for the virus is MSBlaster.