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Teen arrested in Internet 'Blaster' attack
« on: Aug 29^th, 2003, 10:28am »

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Teen arrested in Internet 'Blaster' attack
Friday, August 29, 2003 Posted: 10:50 AM EDT (1450 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cyber investigators on Friday arrested a teenager suspected of authoring a damaging virus-like infection unleashed weeks ago on the Internet, U.S. officials said.

The unidentified 18-year-old was expected to appear before a federal magistrate in St. Paul, Minnesota around noon and then be transferred to Seattle to face charges.

He is accused of writing a version of the damaging "Blaster" computer infection that spread quickly across the Internet, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Further details were expected to be disclosed Friday by the FBI and U.S. attorney's office in Seattle, which has been leading the investigation.

A witness reportedly saw the teen testing the infection and called authorities, the official said.

Snarling traffic
Collectively, different versions of the virus-like worm, alternately called "LovSan" or "Blaster," snarled corporate networks worldwide, forcing Maryland's motor vehicle agency to close for one day. The infection inundated networks and frustrated home users.

Symantec Corp., a leading antivirus vendor, said the worm and its variants infected more than 500,000 computers worldwide. Experts consider it one of the worst outbreaks this year.

The "Blaster.B" version of the infection, which began spreading August 13, was remarkably similar to the original Blaster worm that first struck two days earlier; experts said the author made few changes, renaming the infecting-file from "msblast" to an anatomical reference.

Exploiting Microsoft flaw
All the Blaster virus variants took advantage of a flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s flagship Windows software. Government and industry experts had anticipated such an outbreak since July 16, when Microsoft acknowledged the software problem, which affects Windows technology used to share data files across computer networks.

The infection was quickly dubbed "LovSan" because of a love note left behind on vulnerable computers: "I just want to say LOVE YOU SAN!" Researchers also discovered another message hidden inside the infection that appeared to taunt Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates: "billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!"

Infected computers were programmed to automatically launch an attack on a Web site operated by Microsoft, which the software maker easily blunted. The site, windowsupdate.com, is used to deliver repairing software patches to Microsoft customers to prevent against these types of infections.

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Re: Teen arrested in Internet 'Blaster' attack
« Reply #1 on: Aug 29^th, 2003, 10:43am »

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If this kid was yours - what would you like to do to him?

Finally, what would you actually do?

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Re: Teen arrested in Internet 'Blaster' attack
« Reply #2 on: Aug 29^th, 2003, 10:58am »

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I recommend that he be left alone with MzWings for an hour or two and I think he will be a model citizen after that Wink

(or anyone else that had to deal with that virus messing up their computers.) Definitely I would like for him to hear some victim impact statements.

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« Reply #3 on: Aug 29^th, 2003, 2:13pm »

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on Aug 29^th, 2003, 10:58am, addams wrote:

Definitely I would like for him to hear some victim impact statements.

Addams - I'm not sure he'd last 5 minutes alone with me even IF he's 6'4" and weighs 320 lbs. His name is Jeffrey Lee Parson.

Unfortunately, he might love hearing about the misery people dealt with - he'd probably get off on all that. They have this idiot in custody and I hope and pray that he gets the maximum punishment possible for his offense.

My PC is just that, "personal" and private. Computers in the workplace are also. We were violated. He caused hardship upon hundreds of thousands of people worldwide and businesses worldwide, in loss of valuable time and money. (My next phone bill will reflect that. Angry

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It's time to set some sort of precedent to show these people we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,95978,00.html

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« Reply #4 on: Aug 29^th, 2003, 2:25pm »

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Addams - I'm not sure he'd last 5 minutes alone with me even IF he's 6'4" and weighs 320 lbs.

then he should definitely have his punishment as one hour with Mzwings in a location of MzWings choosing.

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« Reply #5 on: Aug 29^th, 2003, 2:42pm »

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After that, then I'd like him to be put in the maximest ( Wink

) prison with the badest inmates - and they should be informed that Jeffrey Lee Parson is a pedophile. Yeah! That'll do it.

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« Reply #6 on: Aug 29^th, 2003, 2:44pm »

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That will work if you want him dead...

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Mzwings that is a bit too much. It would be death sentence and likely is not warranted here.

Awww don't you think Mzwings would be able to provide suitable discipline. She might get herself a whole new computer out of the deal with all the special fixings of a computer expert.

I reckon a few whippin' might be all he incurs. Which might even be legal if she picked Singapore as her location.

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« Reply #8 on: Aug 29^th, 2003, 2:59pm »

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on Aug 29^th, 2003, 2:44pm, Rhune wrote:

That will work if you want him dead...

Who - ME That does seem a tad harsh Rhune.....I guess Roll Eyes

. But ya know what? It would NOT surprise me one iota that he's been into kiddie porn and who knows what else.

I hope I haven't offended anyone with my tirade but if I did, I apologize. But honestly, people are getting away with too much. I just feel that if something isn't done soon, it's going to get so much worse.

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