Blaster virus writer caught (possibly)

or at least a variant of it

[amznVibe]

The Wall Street Journal is reporting the arrest of a teenager by the FBI for the Blaster virus:

[reuters.com...]

[washingtonpost.com...]

[Macguru]

Now let's see if EliteWeb is going to post here today... ;)

[EliteWeb]

Help I'm In Jail, this is my one e-mail im allowed to send -- Call for help notify my parents and call me an attorney! Im innocent!

HACK THE PLANET! THEIR TRASHING OUR RIGHTS! TRASHING OUR RIGHTS!

I'm 22 now :D And virus writing is impressive when origional (:

[bcolflesh]

He's definitely not the writer - I doubt he even had anything to do with any of the variants - more likely is that he had the source, screwed around with it w/a hex editor and bragged to all his friends.

Once again, the FBI finds a convenient scapegoat for their incompetence.

More discussion at /.

[jsinger]

"Once again, the FBI finds a convenient scapegoat for their incompetence"

Like, in 2000, when the SEC arrested 15-year old Jonathan Lebed for hyping penny stocks online. Such an easy target. He caved immediately, with his sobbing parents in the background. (he actually got to keep a few hundred thousand in profits).

Lesson: "The Fed Always Gets its Child"

[agerhart]

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