SCO offers $250,000. reward

for arrest of Mydoom worm author

[pendanticist]

Some are saying this new worm is more destructive than Sobig. [webmasterworld.com...]

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,10801,89470,00.html

Computerworld.com says:

The company, which is embroiled in legal action against IBM over intellectual property rights related to its ownership of System V Unix code, said it is offering a reward of up to $250,000 "for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for creating the Mydoom virus."

[TryAgain]

SCO offers $250,000. reward

So if the virus writer turns himself in, does he get to keep the dough?

From this [wired.com] wired.com article:

"If we ever get our hands on MyDoom's creator our guess is that he will be an open source-sympathizer," Belthoff said."

Wow, rocket science! ;-)

[tombola]

Any bounty hunters up here to round up a posse? ;-)

[dnimrodx]

Personally I do not believe the person that created this worm virus will ever be caught...

[Essex_boy]

Nah keep the money just let me get my hands on him/her.

People that do this sort of thing are vermin

[grahamstewart]

First copies came from Russia (accordig to the BBC News Story [news.bbc.co.uk]) so we'll have to start there.

Its a pretty small place I'm sure it will be easy to find him/her :)

[TryAgain]

From that story:

"The first copies to be intercepted by MessageLabs came from Russia, but Ms Staley said it was extremely difficult to ascertain its origin."

The first copies to be intercepted... imo this doesn't prove anything.
Actually, the above quote is saying exactly that.

[bcolflesh]

Strings extracted from the code turn up hits on russian sites in Google according to postings on the Full Disclosure list.

[dnimrodx]

It isn't hard to set a worm/virus off in Russia, China or wherever, whilst residing in a different part of the world.

In this kind of virtual world anyone who knows how to use a keyboard can plant a bomb anywhere they want, watch it go off, laugh about it and get away with it. . . We are decades away from a totally secure Internet where everybody can surf it safely and yet feel there is no Big Brother watching... 8-)