Sasser Worm Creator Convicted

**Becky** · 08-07-05

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050708/..._computer_worm

Sven Jaschan, 19, was found guilty of computer sabotage and illegally altering data, said Katharina Kruetzfeld, a spokeswoman for the court in the northwestern town of Verden. He was given a suspended sentence of one year and nine months.

Jaschan also must perform 30 hours of community service at a hospital or home for the elderly, but will not have to pay court costs.

"Sven Jaschan avoided a jail sentence by the skin of his teeth because he was arrested within days of his 18th birthday," Cluley said. "In many ways, Sven Jaschan was lucky that the police caught him when they did."

Virus writers have had sentences reduced before because of their age, though an American teenager who created a version of the 2003 "Blaster" worm was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

That a fair ruling?

**MentaL**

**MentaL** · 08-07-05

Imagine the jobs he will get tho onces hes free.

**nathan123** · 08-07-05

well yes, he created a lot of havoc - i heard an anti-virus company employed him to help reverse engineer the viruses so to speak

**Becky** · 08-07-05

Both of you are probably correct. Wouldn't surprise me.

**Sephiro!** · 08-07-05

._. oah....i hate this worm ~-~ made me to dl a Firewall and to reboot my comp

**Hydra** · 08-07-05

The best hackers and crackers usually end up working for the side they were originally trying to destroy.

**Gabrieth** · 08-07-05

I think I had probs with it but not for verry long.

**Sephiro!** · 08-07-05

Originally Posted by Hydra

The best hackers and crackers usually end up working for the side they were originally trying to destroy.

hm sad but i think its true

**cycoextreme** · 08-07-05

Originally Posted by Hydra

The best hackers and crackers usually end up working for the side they were originally trying to destroy.

yup, and the government tries to hire the best

**nathan123** · 09-07-05

Originally Posted by Hydra

The best hackers and crackers usually end up working for the side they were originally trying to destroy.

there is an upside to it, who knows viruses better than virus creators? they can quickly bring out patches to stop viruses

**w00kie** · 09-07-05

One year and 9 months ain't that long for the loss of millions of dollars..

**GriffinHeart** · 09-07-05

Originally Posted by w00kie

One year and 9 months ain't that long for the loss of millions of dollars..

since when money is more important then a life?! or 1yr9months of your life?!
(-.- don't answer)

**Retaliator** · 09-07-05

Originally Posted by Griffin_Heart

since when money is more important then a life?! or 1yr9months of your life?!
(-.- don't answer)

id try to answer for him just to annoy u... but guess ur right afterall :(

**Gilly** · 09-07-05

if u can do it, why not ^^

**b1zn4tch** · 09-07-05

id do it...but then again i cant hack at all...

in cs when people used to call me a hacker id laugh...

i cant even pass level 5 basic web on hackthissite.org

and those took me weeks to do.

and a bit of help from forums.

:(

**locust** · 09-07-05

Originally Posted by Hydra

The best hackers and crackers usually end up working for the side they were originally trying to destroy.

Whoa there, first off they are crackers, not "hackers." For the most part there is not a specific target, take note of the blaster.worm. Most attacks are out of opted difficulty and the challenge. There really isn't a isiduous force out there, except for kids. Kids are a whole different game, I guess you could consider them "hackers." They don't abide by the true code, but by personal agenda.

**BrokenWings** · 09-07-05

what exactly does this worm do :O?

**Hybr!d** · 09-07-05

Originally Posted by Dark-God

what exactly does this worm do :O?

This virus restarts your pc within 60 seconds and is really really annoying...

**nathan123** · 09-07-05

Originally Posted by Hybr!d

This virus restarts your pc within 60 seconds and is really really annoying...

that was the blaster worm

**Boko** · 09-07-05

Originally Posted by Hybr!d

This virus restarts your pc within 60 seconds and is really really annoying...

Thank god I never had this worm O_o

**GriffinHeart** · 09-07-05

Originally Posted by Boko

Thank god I never had this worm O_o

hmmm...its easy to stop even if you don't have an anti virus to remove (not the worm, but the shutdown process) it you just need to go to prompt type shutdown -a and it will stop.

**nathan123** · 09-07-05

Originally Posted by locust

Whoa there, first off they are crackers, not "hackers." For the most part there is not a specific target, take note of the blaster.worm. Most attacks are out of opted difficulty and the challenge. There really isn't a isiduous force out there, except for kids. Kids are a whole different game, I guess you could consider them "hackers." They don't abide by the true code, but by personal agenda.

hackers have NOTHING to do with causing problems to others, in fact they help by fixing bugs and stuff, crackers are people who gain entry to someones pc illegally and cause damage with intent to do so. hackers are simply people who rewrite lines of buggy codes to make a program work better, and they also add there own features to make it better - the media seems to have got crackers and hackers mixed up - but the media knows nothing of computers or the technology

**b1zn4tch** · 09-07-05

well then im pretty elite...

im white so im a cracker...lol

**Becky** · 09-07-05

Originally Posted by Griffin_Heart

hmmm...its easy to stop even if you don't have an anti virus to remove (not the worm, but the shutdown process) it you just need to go to prompt type shutdown -a and it will stop.

Easy for some, but for so many that don't know a floppy disk from a cd, it's not so easy :( Friend of mine always gets people going to him (he works in a retail store, technology department) about this stuff, usually older people but also younger folks that have no idea about this stuff :(

Some say they shouldn't be online then, but still, sucks for them.

**nathan123** · 09-07-05

Originally Posted by Becky

Easy for some, but for so many that don't know a floppy disk from a cd, it's not so easy :( Friend of mine always gets people going to him (he works in a retail store, technology department) about this stuff, usually older people but also younger folks that have no idea about this stuff :(
Some say they shouldn't be online then, but still, sucks for them.

you get people go into a shop and go 'does this pc come with a spywall that stops viruses?' and 'will this computer stop me getting viruses' 'well no, not unless you use an anti-virus' 'oh, where do i get one of them' the idiot then buys the full norton or mcaffee package, loads it in and doesnt actually use it, then proceeds to complain when they get a virus. the computer then needs binning or 'swiping'

people should have to take a test to be allowed to use computers, much like driving

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