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Accused Zotob Worm Author Says Money Was Motive

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the crime-still-pays dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Washingtonpost.com has an excerpt of an online interview with "Diabl0", the 18-year-old that Moroccan authorities arrested on suspicion of writing the Zotob and Mytob worms, as well as the Rbot trojan. In the back-and-forth, Diabl0 says his worms "spread only for money" and hints that the motive was receiving commissions from installing spyware on infected computers."

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  1. Youngins.... by RobertKozak · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the 18-year-old Moroccan authorities...

    GAWD! I must be getting old cause I can remember when "authorities" used to be older than 18.

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    1. Re:Youngins.... by Alien+Being · · Score: 3, Funny

      You have just solved the mystery of dupes.

  2. Oh, *phew*! by MutantHamster · · Score: 5, Funny
    "In the back-and-forth, Diabl0 says his worms "spread only for money" and hints that the motive was receiving commissions from installing spyware on infected computers."

    For a minute there I thought he was a real asshole.

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  3. Something must be done! by metamatic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly we must ban this "money" immediately if it encourages criminal behavior.

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    1. Re:Something must be done! by Sabaki · · Score: 5, Funny

      No can do. Surely you've heard that money has root access to all evil?

    2. Re:Something must be done! by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 2, Funny

      Clearly we must ban this "money" immediately if it encourages criminal behavior.

      Exactly, if in fact it is the root of all worm designs, then we should make it worthless.

      .

      .

      I for one welcome our new overpaying tech overlords, even if they they make us create worms for fun and profit ... um, are you sure that's not "eat" worms?

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    3. Re:Something must be done! by WilliamSChips · · Score: 2, Funny

      I find your intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
      Or something like that. I never got the hang of that meme.

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    4. Re:Something must be done! by DigitalReverend · · Score: 3, Funny

      I can just see the terminal session now (goes into a dream sequence)....


      C:\WINDOWS>telnet all_evil
      Connecting To all_evil...

      SunOS 6.6.6

      login: root
      Password: money

      Last login: Tue Jun 6 06:06:06 from 72.69.76.76
      Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 6.6.6
      all_evil@hades [/] rm -rf /

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  4. The other one is... by Poromenos1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    42!

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    1. Re:The other one is... by bleckywelcky · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hold on a minute, you mean the answer to life, the universe, and everything is not money? Boy am I in the wrong line of work.

  5. One Fine Afternoon in Morroco by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Diab10: [hack, code, hack, code, code, hack...]

    un..deux..trois! CRASH

    Diab10: wtf :p

    Police: j00 r u|\|d3r 4rr35t, m0|\|513ur! :p

    Diab10: u c4n't kn0ck? i'11 1053 my d3p05it, 100k 4t th4t d00r! r3ck3d! :(

    Police: s0rry m0|\|513ur, w3 s4a11 g0 b4ck 0ut5id3 4nd try 4g4in, 0iu? :)

    Diab10: w311, 0k.

    Police: <kn0ck kn0ck kn0ck> Diab10: wtf, wh0 r u? :p

    Police: <13 p01ic3>

    Diab10: g0 4w4y, i'm n07 h0m3 :p

    Police: <s4cr3 b13u, 332 g0t 4w4y!> >:(

    Diab10: :)

    Police: <w4it 4 s3c0nd...>

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    1. Re:One Fine Afternoon in Morroco by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nice post. The sad part is I had no problems understanding it.

      I speak two languages, english and l337.

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  6. A question about the Turk guy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Was he from Istambul or Constantinople?.

    1. Re:A question about the Turk guy. by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

      Neither. He was from Byzantium...

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    2. Re:A question about the Turk guy. by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's nobody's business but the Turk's

  7. Re:Anti Virus firms will kick his butt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    For someone who knows the alternative plural form of stadium, it's amazing to me you would bust out with a non-alternative version of virus.

  8. Re:I was wondering about this... by gkozlyk · · Score: 4, Funny

    How come this worm can remove Gator, but i can't?

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  9. The Moron's Businiess Plan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Wait till MS announces a new exploit.
    2. hack up a virus, release on 'net
    3. ......Jail!

  10. Answer to the hundredth question? by slugo3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    100. Porn

  11. Re:I was wondering about this... by budgenator · · Score: 3, Funny

    Removing Gator is some serious shit, I'm not sure degaussing the harddrive always gets rid of it.

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  12. If only the kid had incorporated... by Serveert · · Score: 4, Funny

    he could have avoided this legal mess.

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  13. Typo by Tordek · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's a slight typo in the article.
    They spelled it moroccan.

    "cca" wasn't suppossed to be there.

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  14. Re:So what is wrong with what with what Diabl0 did by aeoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well said. The shite the corps are getting away with has really been "pushing the bar" for a long time. It was all OK as long as everyone had their day time TV. But now that TV content sucks (no good Star Trek shows), people are starting to notice how screwed up the situation is. :)

    Either give us good TV, dammit, or else.

  15. Re:The other one is... SEX by -brazil- · · Score: 2, Funny

    No. Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer.

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