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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 $158,000 worth of damages." You might remember when he was first arrested back in May.
You'd think people smart enough to do something like this would be smart enough to shut their mouths. :)
Now if only we could figure out a bounty system to kill off those spyware and adware guys....
I thought there were more Windows machines than that.
That sound you hear is millions of script kiddies saying "Dude, Sven Jaschan is, like, uber 1337!!! I bet I can beat him, though."
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Sven Jachsen's parents have recently purchased a new home and car after a mysterious wire transfer from Redmond, WA. Deustche Bank declined an interview about this.
Lucky, 143 plantiffs seeking only 158,000 in damages. Over here that kid would have been sued for 158,000,000!
So, that means he files for "less" bankrupcy than he would here?
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anyone who writes a program with the intent to do damage to systems, even though they are unpatched, should still be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and be made to pay. It IS a crime
Let the "let's sue Micro$oft" jokes begin!
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1) Write worm or virus
2) Frame idiot 5cript kiddy and collect bounty
3) Profit!
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Hah. What I want are that guys balls.
In a jar.
On my desk.
I'm in!
You write the worm, I'll turn you in for the $250,000.
Yes, I'll have a Big Party in your honor.
he'll probably have some other problems right now...
... I hope they do lock him up. Some day one of these virus writers is going to cause major loss of life with his imbecilic plea for attention
Yeah, the problem is a 110kg weightlifter named 'Günter' who wants to be his boyfriend. But look on the bright side, when he has served his time, he will be offered a good job with some software firm in the States plus he will probably never again suffer from constipation.
Seriously though
Only to idiots, are orders laws.
-- Henning von Tresckow
It's good that they got this guy.
Now if someone will just offer a reward for catching whoever it was that lanched the years-long-now denial-of-service attack on Java applets.
The attackers posted something about "killing cross-platform Java by growing the polluted Java market." Apparently, their goal was to make it impossible to create trustworthy Java applets, by making it impossible for a website developer to predict whether the JVM client was compatible or not.
This DOS attack has been very successful in making people afraid to use Java applets. It has been one of the most costly DOS attacks in the history of the Internet. I really hope they can identify and charge the attackers.
"So is stealing bread to feed your starving family."
Nice use of the Fat Tony defense
Bart: "Are you guys crooks?"
Fat Tony: "Put it this way. It is wrong to steal a loaf of bread for a starving family?"
Bart: "No."
Fat Tony: "What if you steal a truckload of break."
Bart: "No."
Fat Tony: "What if your family doesn't like bread? What if they like cigarettes?"
Bart: "I guess not."
The kid should have turned himself in to microsoft and made a tidy profit out of it!
Sven was a young boy
He had a heart of stone
Lived 9 to 5 and worked his
Fingers to the bone
Just barely out of school
Came from the edge of town
Scripted like a switchblade
So no one could take him down
He had no money, ooh
No good at home
He walked the streets a soldier
And he hacked the world alone
And now it's...
Chorus:
Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
Eighteen and life to go
Eighteen and life you got it
Eighteen and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
Eighteen and life to go
Cheetos in his fat face
His ass burned with vaseline
It kept his motor runnin'
But he never kept it clean
They say he loved VB Script
Sven 's the wild on
He married trouble
Had cyber with a bum
Click, click! hack 'em up
the party never ends
You can't think of dying
When the butthole's your best friend
And now it's...
Chorus
"Accidents will happen"
They all heard Sven say
He fired his sasser to the wind
That child blew a child (hes gay!)
(solo)
Chorus
YEAH, I THINK GEEK THEMED SONG PARODIES ARE LAME TOO! MOD ME DOWN
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Yes. it sucks. And no, it doesn't happen all the time. Not even most of the time.
If this kid were in the states, and had OJ's lawyers, and the incredibly screwed up prosecution that OJ did, he'd probably be playing golf too.
By my calculation, he could have turned himself in and made $92,000!
(250,000-158,000)
Fellowship 9/11