Sasser Worm Creator Arrested

[Jonbo298]

An Eighteen year old was picked up on suspicion of making the Sasser worm, which has had a bad effect on millions of PCs during the last week.

The German press reports that the college student was arrested in Rotenburg, north Germany.

He was arrested yesterday, but the local police are still investigating details of the case.

The police have not revealed the man's name or any other details, at press time.

The Sasser worm caught a number of corporations and many more home users off guard, as it attacked machines using unpatched Microsoft systems.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15782

I wonder how they were able to narrow it down to him as a suspect. But in any case, good job!

*****Update*****

Security firm iDEFENSE said three arrests were made yesterday and one individual has confessed to writing code. Ken Dunham from the firm said the leak of Phatbot-Gabot code may have helped the authorities to trace the worm writers. But he adds that he wouldn't be surprised if multiple authors were involved in the different variants. He also adds that the arrests do not necessarily mean we've seen the end of the attacks.

[Happydude]

good job...

[Canyarion]

yay, +rep for the guy who caught him...

[GT News]

Originally Posted by Canyarion

yay, +rep for the guy who caught him...

So was that.

[Rndm_Perfection]

Originally Posted by CamFuBot

So was that.

Shouldn't Sasser be killing you about now?

[The Germanator]

CamFuBot has worms...Poor guy.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15782

I wonder how they were able to narrow it down to him as a suspect. But in any case, good job!

trace it backwards? normally they are able to trace them around. i dunno why ppl are still stupid enough to send em out.

[Dylflon]

I had that damn worm. I'm glad they caught the bastard.

[GameMaster]

Now, if they can turn the guy around and convince to use his elite skills for the good of computers, then everyone would be happy.

[Null]

yup. then that'll make there be even more virus. wooo! fun for all.


sorry. but you cant reward someone with a high paying job when he does something like this. then everyone would do it to get a job.


Hey, i want a good job. i'll destroy a lot of peoples computers!

[GameMaster]

But in the movie, Catch Me if You Can, Tom Hanks finally catches the check forger, and converts him to the good side by giving him a job at the FBI. His job is to analyze suspicious checks and everything works out for the best and everyone is happy.

[Rndm_Perfection]

Originally Posted by Null

yup. then that'll make there be even more virus. wooo! fun for all.


sorry. but you cant reward someone with a high paying job when he does something like this. then everyone would do it to get a job.


Hey, i want a good job. i'll destroy a lot of peoples computers!

Heh... now what was that movie? Catch me if you Can? And based on real events, no less?

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Null

trace it backwards? normally they are able to trace them around. i dunno why ppl are still stupid enough to send em out.

I know that they can trace back but it kind of surprised me that they already caught him. I'd expect at least a month or so while they attempt to trace back.

[Typhoid]

Even though i deleted it a few days ago...i still say a public stoning/hanging is in order here..sweet justice....throw rocks at him...the chike him to death...he deserves no less..

[Canyarion]

How did you get so many posts??

Perhaps the police got tips that it was the guy... if I would have made the worm, I'd tell my friends about it. If my friend would tell me that, I'd probably tell the police about it.