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Microsoft Drops Blaster Author's Fine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the slap-on-the-wrist dept.

bevo noted that Microsoft has dropped their fine against the author of the Blaster worm that DDoS'd Microsoft's web sites and hijaacked 50,000 computers. 225 hours instead of a 500k fine. $2200/hour seems like a good deal to me ;)

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  1. Could've been worse by fembots · · Score: 5, Funny

    Luckily the community service cannot involve computers, otherwise this guy will get away lightly by cleaning up roughly 50 spyware/virus-infected Windows machines to clock up 225 hours.

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  2. A "Get Out of Jail Free" card! by plover · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article:

    U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman said the sentence reflected that although he was 18 at the time of the attack, his maturity level was much younger than that. She also said his home life contributed to the problem.

    Damn, that precedent means virtually everyone here on /. is immune from prosecution. For anything. Especially since "mom's basement" probably qualifies as a "home life".

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    1. Re:A "Get Out of Jail Free" card! by plover · · Score: 4, Funny
      Shit, do I actually have to type the damn smileys in here for you people?

      Here: :-)

      That means "it was a JOKE."

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    2. Re:A "Get Out of Jail Free" card! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
      Here: :-)

      That means "it was a JOKE."

      Here: ^$/

      That means "no it wasn't!"

  3. Can he reduce the worktime ... by Tribbin · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... by replacing himself by a shell script?

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    1. Re:Can he reduce the worktime ... by bonch · · Score: 5, Funny

      He's a script kiddie, so don't you mean "replacing himself with someone else's modified Visual Basic 6 project file he got from IRC?"

  4. 225 hours of... by Nevtje(hr · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...gardening! getting to know the REAL bugs out there!

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  5. Microsofts Judicial Powers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    So MS has been given judicial powers to grant clemency now?

    Yes. They first used it for this case.

  6. Re:$2200/Hr a good deal? by saintp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Um, I don't think you have to pay them. At all.

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  7. Make him spend the 225 hours by Anonymous+Luddite · · Score: 4, Funny


    Helping Bill Gates with his first Gentoo install..

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