Teen pleads guilty to releasing Blaster worm variant

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: August 13, 2004 11:01:32 AM EDT
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Subject: Teen pleads guilty to releasing Blaster worm variant


     Teen pleads guilty to releasing Blaster worm variant
     - Aug 11, 2004 10:07 PM (Reuters)

SEATTLE, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A teenager pleaded guilty on
Wednesday for unleashing a variant of the Blaster worm that
infected computers worldwide last year and targeted computers
at Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), prosecutors said.


Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, of Hopkins, Minnesota, pleaded
guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle, and faces a maximum
of 37 months in prison and financial restitution that could
amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sentencing is
scheduled for November.


Parson said in the plea agreement that he created his "B"
or "teekids" variant of the Blaster worm and used it to access
fifty computers which he then used to launch a broader attack
on more than 48,000 computers.

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     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=43057167


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