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Friday, August 29, 2003

 
FBI SET TO ARREST BLASTER WORM VARIANTS SUSPECT
Youth suspected of net attack

According to US media reports, the FBI is expected to arrest an 18-year-old American youth today in connection with one of the various variants of the W32/Blaster internet worm.

In January 2003, 22-year-old Simon Vallor, a web designer from North Wales, UK was sentenced to two years in jail for distributing viruses he had written.

Update on Saturday 30 August 2003: BBC NEWS | Technology | US youth charged over net virus
# posted by Ingrid J. Jones @ 8/29/2003
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