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Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Creating 911 Worm

Posted by timothy on from the with-very-few-exceptions-is-not-a-worm dept.

mabu writes "The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that, roughly a year after his arrest, David Jeansonne pleaded guilty Tuesday to two criminal counts in a scheme that sent email to users of Microsoft's WebTV Internet service containing an attachment that, when opened, reprogrammed their computers to dial 9-1-1 without their knowledge. It still unclear what motivated this 43-year-old to launch such a bizarre worm."

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  1. There's a new one! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


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    The requested URL (yro/05/02/17/2033211.shtml?tid=123&tid=220) was not found.

    If you feel like it, mail the url, and where ya came from to pater@slashdot.org.

  2. Okay kids, repeat after me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The singular is "virus."
    The plural is "viruses."
    I do not look smart when I try to show off my knowledge of Latin and get it wrong.

  3. tubgxirl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ga7e the BSD

  4. Re:Hope he gets slammed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Umm...you really need to check your resume.

    Gameboy Advance listed under "Operating Systems?" Sitting around in your underwear playing Pokemon all day doesn't constitute knowledge of an architecture.

  5. Re:Hope he gets slammed by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Um, if you check my personal website [which I know you did because you're a thorough researching AC poster...] you'd see I **PROGRAM** the GBA [and use it too..]. It's a platform that I can program, e.g. shows I know how embedded systems work [well it's one of a dozen I've used...]. ... So easy to try and tear someone down... that's why you post as AC right?

    Tom

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    Someday, I'll have a real sig.
  6. Re:21 recipients=Worm outbreak? by Xeo+024 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Next on slashdot: Bill Gates picks nose, AGAIN! Film at 11.


    I doubt it. I'm pretty sure that he hires people to pick his nose for him.
  7. Re:In Soviet Russia... by tomstdenis · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In soviet russia... you also freeze your balls off walking through the tundra ... so kiss my ass you commy fawg.

    Fucking ACs...

    I propose we have an annual "no AC day" for /. where sane people can post without the banter of stupid little punks that think that hiding [because they know their puny little identity can't substantiate a cogent and relative thought] ...

    oh fuck you

    NO AC DAY!!! I say make it March 7th or something. Just outright ban ACs on that day...

    Tom

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    Someday, I'll have a real sig.
  8. Re:Hope he gets slammed by tomstdenis · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Why am I getting the image of some 5'7" 120 pound punk on the other end of this converation...

    See you don't care probably because you drive like a maniac too. But once you realize that "oncoming traffic is bad" [little math for you... you do 65mph, they do 65mph, when they hit you .. that's 130mph of force... or ... "death"] you'd realize that being cut off isn't such a "minor" thing...

    But agian, you drive like a maniac likely and don't see the harm in "pwnzing the roadz"

    Tom

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    Someday, I'll have a real sig.