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Sasser Author Under Arrest, Say German Police

Posted by Hemos on from the mein-wormen dept.

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'."

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  1. Re:MS (OT: new pol) by Welsh+Dwarf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This would be great for a /. pol:

    Favorite new mod option:
    Karma Whore (neg)
    Sarcasm (pos)
    Stupid (neg)
    .
    .
    .

    You get the idea, I'm sure we could think up some better ones than that, if I get many (any?) replys, I might submit a poll suggestion afterwoods...

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  2. 18yr old *man*? by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, dude deserves any respect... he's some punk kid that thinks he owns the internet. No better than punks who spew in usenet or spam email.

    Tom

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    1. Re:18yr old *man*? by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      A real "adult" [female or male] wouldn't do something so idiotically childish.

      Kids do stupid things without thinking of the consequences. This person is nothing more than a mere child.

      Tom

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  3. Re:MS (OT: new pol) by Welsh+Dwarf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    forgot, some more ideas:

    Bad spelling
    Grammar nazi
    Cowboy Neal posted!!!

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  4. Cheese It! by bludstone · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn you ROBOT HOUSE~~~~

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  5. Re:MS (OT: new pol) by sjgm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How about:

    'Soviet Russia' joke

  6. Re:MS (OT: new pol) by Welsh+Dwarf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanks, I've got my 8 now...

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    Ask 8 slackers a question, get 10 awnsers (a citation, but I can't remember from who)