Got Him! (Sasser computer worm suspect held)

ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
edited May 2004 in Science & Tech
An 18-year-old high school student has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of creating the Sasser internet worm, police say.

The worm spread through an estimated 18 million computers across the world last week, continually shutting down and rebooting them.

Police say the man was arrested in the northern German town of Rotenburg.

Investigators were searching his parents' home, according to the German newspaper Bild.

No further details have been given about the suspect, who was arrested on Friday.

The Sasser worm quickly spread worldwide after its first appearance on 1 May. Some businesses were forced to shut temporarily so they could clear their systems and update anti-virus protection.

This is a result if it is him. I hope they do a Mitnick and ban him from using a computer for a long long long time...

Source: BBC

Comments

  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited May 2004
    Dan wrote:
    ...Police say the man was arrested in the northern German town of Rotenburg...
    How appropriate... ;D
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Too bad - no capital punishment in Germany. Seriously though, what is appropriate punishment for an international, large-scale vandal?
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited May 2004
    Leonardo wrote:
    ...what is appropriate punishment for an international, large-scale vandal?
    Full restitution of all cost incurred due to the worm.

    Once these nitwits see someone stuck with a $100million-dollar bill - and forced to pay the full amount through garnished wages - they might think twice.

    I'd love to see an interview fifty years from now with a guy who was arrested as a teenager and spent his entire life trying to pay for his foolishness.

    ...of course, being nearly 45 years old I'd love to see anything fifty years from now... :vimp:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Roh-ten-bourg.
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Leonardo wrote:
    Too bad - no capital punishment in Germany. Seriously though, what is appropriate punishment for an international, large-scale vandal?
    He'll probably end up working for symantec or microsoft to pay off his fine!
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited May 2004
    Leonardo wrote:
    what is appropriate punishment for an international, large-scale vandal?

    I think they should just publish his name, address and photo, even if he moves or changes his appearance, every six months or so and let nature take its course. :rant::rant:
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Now that would indeed be the English approach: a bit subtle on the surface, but full of irony and drama at the end.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Should be castrated and have his net capped to 33.6k :rarr:
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited May 2004
    Isn't having his net capped concidered unjust and cruel punishment?
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited May 2004
    I would take cas... you know what i mean :) anyday as long as my connection speed isn't lowered. :D
  • pseudonympseudonym Michigan Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Virtues of Evil wrote:
    Should be castrated and have his net capped to 33.6k :rarr:

    33.6K?? You're too generous. 9600 :rarr:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    4800
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited May 2004
    EyesOnly wrote:
    I would take cas... you know what i mean :) anyday as long as my connection speed isn't lowered. :D

    Well yeah, You're always gonna need a decent conection.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited May 2004
    As a followup, the 18 year old suspect has now confessed to the German authorities:
    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&e=3&u=/nm/20040508/tc_nm/tech_internet_worm_arrest_dc

    KingFish
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    taking his connection away is far too harsh of a punishment ...castrate him! :thumbsup:

    csimon
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    pseudonym wrote:
    33.6K?? You're too generous. 9600 :rarr:

    No, 1200 baud, on a 486\66. One decade before he releases another major virus, that way.... :D
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    profdlp wrote:
    Full restitution of all cost incurred due to the worm.

    Once these nitwits see someone stuck with a $100million-dollar bill - and forced to pay the full amount through garnished wages - they might think twice.

    I'd love to see an interview fifty years from now with a guy who was arrested as a teenager and spent his entire life trying to pay for his foolishness.

    ...of course, being nearly 45 years old I'd love to see anything fifty years from now... :vimp:

    Prof, make him clean up at least 1,000 boxes, then have the gov't give him a job fighting viruses. Half his salary goes to the people for recovery costs. We win better that way.

    If you had a 100,000,000.00 bill, tell me how you could possibly make money to pay, honestly, that bill yourself???? Give them something they CAN do, but have to WORK at. If you give them something impossible, and they know it is, they simply give up and get REAL BAD. The dark tunnel has to have an end to get them to even TRY to get rehabbed, and some will not be rehabbable. BUT, some will.
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