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Creator of Sasser Worm Goes on Trial

Posted by Zonk on from the facing-the-music dept.

Cobb writes "Creator of the Sasser worm Sven Jaschan begins his trial today in Verden, Germany. Arrested in May 2004, Jaschan faces charges for his crimes as a juvenile. A reward from Microsoft partially led to the capture of the virus creator. From the article: 'The charges, which also include disrupting public services and illegally altering data, carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison. However, court spokeswoman Katharina Kruetzfeld said that, as a minor, he faces a lesser penalty.'"

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  1. What about Microsoft? by Himring · · Score: 0, Troll

    Where are the charges against the company who designed such a flawed operating system that would allow this exploit? NASA is investigated and while it is true that human life deserves the utmost attention, where is the committee examining why one single company and its OS have been responsible for such global meltdowns?

    It is a crime to intentionally create malware causing harm to a system that was negligently and intentionally designed to be exploitable. This whole thing simply seems like another example of "the man" having power to be right and the little guy having nothing in response....

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    "All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
  2. Re:I don't get it by kz45 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, but shouldn't Bill Gates go to jail for negligence, too?

    are you fucking serious?

    what about linux or freebsd? If Bill Gates went to jail, so would many others..including Linus.

    This guy intentionally released a worm that caused damage. It's different than releasing software that has security holes. It's really about who you want to blame: the gun maker or the person that bought and shot the gun.

  3. Re:Sorry, fry the kid. Use this as YET ANOTHER... by JeTmAn81 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Something about the haughty tone of this post makes me think the poster is a hearty advocate of abortion....but nobody wants to swim in these waters, now do they ;)

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    "Me? Lady, I'm your worst nightmare -- a pumpkin with a gun."
  4. Re:Punishments for minors by RapmasterT · · Score: 1, Troll
    There are so many harsh names in the /. reactions! This isn't an anarchist cyber-criminal mafioso terrorist, it's just a kid. At that age, I was mixing potassium nitrate with charcoal and sulphur, and I made some very nice craters with the resulting gunpowder. It's only later that I realized the full impact (pun intended) of what I was doing. At the time it was thrilling but there was no sense of real danger (if something had gone wrong, I'd be sitting in a wheelchair right now - best case scenario).
    Apples and oranges

    If this "kid" (19 years old is a legal adult to the best of my knowledge) created a worm for his own amusement and played with it in his own home network, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

    He didn't just mess around with it, he created the worm, then maliciously released it into the wild. You may have played with blowing stuff up, as most of us did, but we didn't go to the step of attacking other people with our otherwise harmless hobbies.

    He's not "just a kid". He's an adult that comitted a very serious crime, and I hope he goes to jail just like any other criminal.

  5. Re:Punishments for minors by XMyth · · Score: 0, Troll

    So, if I drive a truck towards your house but jump out before it hits your house, I should be able to walk away?

    Hell, I could probably even contact your insurance company for damage to my truck!

    What's your address?