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Microsoft Reward Leads to Arrest of Sasser Suspect

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-pretty-cool dept.

tritone writes "According to this article on CNET, it was a reward from Microsoft that led to the arrest of the perpertrator of the Sasser Windows Worm. This is the first success for Microsoft's Antivirus Award Program, a $5 million fund to reward people for coming forward with information about those who release major worms and viruses."

3 of 287 comments (clear)

  1. Author's usenet logs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    From my research, he used usenet and IRC a fair bit. Here's a record. I can see that he has some social problems.

  2. STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL by janiz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Greetings and salutations,

    I am the Widow of the late CEO of Microsoft Nigeria, Kayode Adeyemi.

    I found in my back yard 5 Million Dollars. I understand that this email may come to you as a surprise but I assure you that I am completely serious and I hope that you will fall for this one.

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  3. Re:Oh, guess what ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You, Sir, are a failure.

    1. You failed to see why my post got moddded up to +5.
    2. You failed to see that this is my job. I'm a karma whore, I post crap like this all day long to feel good. Eventually saving it all up for a karma suicide or something. Quite unlikely though.
    3. Your kind is not wanted here, either you troll or whore, that's how it is.

    -Leffe

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    Yes, this is me :D I've become a privacy nerd lately, my FS is not encrypted yet though, I'll wait for that until I get a laptop later this year.