German Teen Charged with Creating Sasser

nomoreself writes "Sven Jaschan, only 18 years old, has been indicted by prosecutors in Verden, Germany for allegedly releasing the well known Sasser worm. The PC World article has the details, including the fact that Microsoft's $250,000 reward offer was responsible for informants' coming forth with Jaschan's name, and that Jaschan has actually already confessed to writing several versions of Netsky, as well as the worm in question. Surprisingly enough, the 143 victims that have filed charges are only claiming $158,000 worth of damages." You might remember when he was first arrested back in May.

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easy pay

[DeusExMalex]

bounty hunters take note: worm/viri writers are easy money.

I think the motherfucker should be executed

[leereyno]

At the very least he should be taken out someplace and literally beaten within an inch of his life. They ought to give every single person who was affected by his punk ass a chance to come take a swing at him, preferably with a baseball bat.

Blaming Microsoft for the acts of a vandal is like blaming TWA for the acts of terrorists.

Lee