MSBlaster arrest expected Friday
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Teenager suspected of authoring Net worm variant
Aug. 28 — The FBI has identified a teenager as the author of a variant of the MSBlaster worm and plans to arrest him early Friday, a U.S. official confirmed Thursday. The variant, called MSBlaster.B, is a slightly altered version of the original worm, which wreaked havoc on Internet users two weeks ago. It’s unclear if the suspect had anything to do with the original MSBlaster worm, the sources said, and identifying this suspect does not resolve the case
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A witness reportedly saw the teen testing the infection and called authorities, the official said.
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Another source familiar with the investigation told MSNBC.com that a series of subpoenas had been issued in an effort to learn more information about an Internet Relay Chat room where copies of the worm were distributed and altered.
“They were thinking it was funny to do this,” the source said.
Dono if this link will work: http://www.msnbc.com/news/958852.asp?0cv=CB10
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Teenager suspected of authoring Net worm variant
Aug. 28 — The FBI has identified a teenager as the author of a variant of the MSBlaster worm and plans to arrest him early Friday, a U.S. official confirmed Thursday. The variant, called MSBlaster.B, is a slightly altered version of the original worm, which wreaked havoc on Internet users two weeks ago. It’s unclear if the suspect had anything to do with the original MSBlaster worm, the sources said, and identifying this suspect does not resolve the case
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A witness reportedly saw the teen testing the infection and called authorities, the official said.
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Another source familiar with the investigation told MSNBC.com that a series of subpoenas had been issued in an effort to learn more information about an Internet Relay Chat room where copies of the worm were distributed and altered.
“They were thinking it was funny to do this,” the source said.
Dono if this link will work: http://www.msnbc.com/news/958852.asp?0cv=CB10
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. I suspect it was more a "wow, look what I found - let's release it & see what happens" scenario.
