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Sasser Author Under Arrest, Say German Police
Apogee writes "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 windows boxes, and apparently also caused serious computer outages and cost to the economy, how will this be transformed into an indictment?"
Update: 05/08 18:41 GMT by T : SexySas writes "As the German news site heise reports, the 18-year-old author of Sasser is responsible for Netsky, too. The German police is talking about 'a milestone in war against cybercrime'."
How can one make sure he was not framed?
Also what international terrorist law is he going to be tortured for?
How, exactly, is he any more liable than the millions who run insecure, unpatched machines? It is the end user's responsibility to keep their machines secure. If you leave the doors to your house open, and a large neon sign over the threshold saying 'WELCOME', you'll be *damned* lucky if your insurer would pay up. If he hadn't exploited it, someone else would have, and the result would have been the same.
The reponsibility lies with microsoft, for creating shite software, with inherent vulnerabilities, and with the users, for not bothering to have any kind of protection.
> Bottom line is that irresponsible writing of worms and viruses is a crime of indiscrimination and chaos, and deserves to be punished as such.
And writing intentionally crappy operating systems isn't? Ask yourself: what would happen if they wrote something that was *perfect*?
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
But what I would like to know is what motivated him to write the virus. Was it because he hated society and people, and wanted to do as much damage as he could? He must have known the outcome of his actions.
Whatever the reason, he has to be punished as a show to others not to do this. Someone has to be made an example of, and someone has to be the deterrent to others.
It is too bad Germany can't extradite him to Pakastan, where they would be better able to punish him. If it comes up that he caused damage in other countries, he should be sent there to face charges too.
Come to think of it, start by sending him to the country that likes to cane criminals. I remember some American tourist teen getting 5 lashes across the back for vandalism. That was sweet. And I hope they televise it. I want to see him suffer. He should be beaten so badly that he cries in remorse.
I hope we get back to a society where people have shame when they do wrong. That is the problem. People do things and they don't care about how it effects others.
Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."
This place is lousy with krauts.
We'd only haveto do it once to get the message across. This asshole has got it coming.
"that's not encryption - it's a new perl script that I'm working on..." - from some Matrix parody
Dork Lord Seth, stop being a fucking cockmongrel, you assfaggot. Die.
Fuck the nazis, we will bomb them AGAIN and wont settle for just west berlin next time!
So, even the Slashdot editors don't RTFA anymore?
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
I am SURE reading their IIS logs is exactly how they caught the guy. We all know MS releases better information on their vulnerabilities than the security firms that report them. Put your tinfoil hat back on and unplug your computer for me, thanks.
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
What? The copy you donated after you determined the "Dummies" version of TCP/IP was too far above your skill level for you to use?
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