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.