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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. possible answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    It still unclear what motivated this 43-year-old to launch such a bizarre worm."

    mential Retardation?
    extreme stupidity?
    he is a complete and total moron?

    or the more simple answer.

    he is simply a moronic shitwad.

    i'm taking the final answer!

  2. He was trying to be nice... by wot.narg · · Score: -1, Redundant

    He thought they might be like, help, Ive got windows on my box, and it wont uninstall!!

    --
    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    In Soviet Russia
    Poems write you!
  3. hmm by window · · Score: 0, Redundant

    help me i am using microsoft ;)