[Dshield] Sasser Author captured

[Meidinger Chris]

Haven't yet found an english language link, but it appears to be similar
with phatbot:

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/47209

The suspect admitted to developing phatbot and agobot with friends.

~c

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:list-bounces at lists.dshield.org] On Behalf Of Al Reust
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 2:42 AM
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> Subject: [Dshield] Sasser Author captured
> 
> It appears that no one has picked up on this yet.
> 
> An 18-year-old German high school student has admitted 
> creating the Sasser internet worm, police say.
> 
> The teenager was arrested on Friday near the town of 
> Rotenburg in northern Germany with the help of the FBI and Microsoft.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3695857.stm
> 
> With this - "The police may just have cracked the Netsky gang 
> with this arrest. The whole ring may be broken wide open," 
> said Graham Cluley, of British-based security firm Sophos.
> 
> 
> On another note, the alleged author(s) of Phatbot have been 
> captured, too.
> 
> The main suspect is a 21-year old unemployed male. This page 
> is in German.
> 
> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/47209
> 
> 
> Al
> 
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