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2nd Blaster copy-catter arrest in Romania (Blaster.F)
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 16:15:20 -0400
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030903/tech_internet_virus_1.html Romanian student arrested for new Blaster worm Wednesday September 3, 3:42 pm ET By Bernhard Warner, European Internet Correspondent LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Police on Wednesday said they arrested a 24-year-old Romanian man suspected of releasing a new version of the Blaster Internet worm, the second arrest of a copycat virus writer in the past week. Meanwhile, the main culprit behind the original super-potent Blaster remains at large. The original worm, which also goes by the name "LovSan," surfaced last month, infecting hundreds of thousands of computers running Microsoft (NasdaqNM:MSFT - News) Windows. Authorities identified the author of the latest worm strain as Dan Dumitru Ciobanu from the northern Romanian city of Iasi. Police were unavailable for comment, but issued a statement late on Wednesday through BitDefender -- the Romanian firm that helped police track down the suspect -- confirming the suspect's identity. He is a 24-year-old student at the Technical University of Iasi, the statement said. .... Like Parson, Ciobanu left behind big clues. The virus code contained a reference to Ciobanu's nickname "Enbiei," a message written in Romanian that named one of his teachers, and a link to the university Web site, which he intended to be the target of a denial of service attack, Radu said. "Don't go to the Hydrotechnics faculty!!! You are wasting your time...Barsan, the retirement wants you!!!," read a translated version of the message supplied by Finnish anti-virus firm F-Secure. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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