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Zotob and Mytob Worm Authors Arrested
An anonymous reader writes "The Washingtonpost.com is reporting that two men have been arrested for allegedly authoring and releasing the "Zotob" and "Mytob" worms. The first Zotob, released Aug 14 - just 4 days after Microsoft released a fix for the hole it exploited, infected systems at many major news outlets. Mytob remains one of the most pervasive worms on the 'Net today." From the article: "Moroccan authorities, working with the FBI, arrested Farid Essebar, 18, a Moroccan national born in Russia who went by the screen moniker 'Diabl0.' Arrested in Turkey was Atilla Ekici, aka 'Coder,' age 21. Both individuals will be subject to local prosecutions, the FBI said." Update: 08/26 20:56 GMT by Z : Nana Mous wrote to mention an eWeek blow by blow account of Microsoft's response to the worm. Very interesting read.
It is interesting that the U.S. government's FBI agency has become a world-wide police force.
Yes, especially considering how very careful all the other US administrations have been of not butting in other countries' affairs since the end of WWII...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
It's a shame that these idiot kids can't make a program that every computer [that runs Windows anyway] could use
Sounds like they already did.
In other words, a few horse heads will show up in some beds, some vague threats made, and they'll get off with no punishment.
(As Captain Oveur:) "Joey, have you ever been to a Turkish prison?"