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Microsoft puts $250,000 bounty on worm-creator's head

...successful worm to target a vulnerability in a remote service since W32.Sasser in 2004, and in doing so it has shown that the internet... Read more

Feb 16, 2009

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Security firm hires teenage  Sasser  virus writer

Security firm hires teenage Sasser virus writer

The teenage virus writer arrested for writing the Sasser worm has been offered a job - at a security firm. Sven Jaschan... Read more

Sep 20, 2004

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Sasser writer free to return to his job

The German 19-year-old who wrote the Sasser email virus, which caused havoc and huge financial damage to businesses worldwide... Read more

Jul 8, 2005

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Sasser virus writer admits guilt in trial

Sven Jaschan, the German teenager accused of writing the Sasser virus, is standing trial today, a year after he was arrested and... Read more

Jul 5, 2005

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 Sasser  virus writer trial date set

Sasser virus writer trial date set

...three days in July to try the teenager accused of creating the Sasser worm. Sven Jaschan faces charges including computer sabotage and disruption of business... Read more

Jun 1, 2005

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Firms divided over  Sasser  virus writer's IT job offer

Firms divided over Sasser virus writer's IT job offer

The 18-year-old virus writer facing criminal charges for creating the Sasser worm has been offered a job by a German IT security firm... Read more

Sep 22, 2004

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Microsoft's  Sasser  bounty hangs on conviction

Microsoft's Sasser bounty hangs on conviction

Sven Jaschan, the alleged author of the Sasser worm and several variants of the Netsky virus, was charged this week... Read more

Sep 13, 2004

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 Sasser  teen charged as 143 victims come forward

Sasser teen charged as 143 victims come forward

...said to be behind two of the internet's most widespread viruses - Sasser and Netsky - is to be charged by the German police. The teen... Read more

Sep 9, 2004

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 Sasser  grass in the frame as virus accomplice

Sasser grass in the frame as virus accomplice

The man who shopped the suspected author of the Sasser virus has himself fallen under suspicion of being involved in malware-making... Read more

Jun 17, 2004

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Sasser dominates virus infections

The Sasser worm dominated virus charts for May, accounting for more than half the... Read more

Jun 3, 2004