Teen Gets Prison for Blaster
Filed in: Security — January 30th, 2005
SEATTLE — A federal judge sentenced a teenager to a year and a half of prison Friday for releasing a variant of the Blaster worm that was used to attack more than 48,000 computers.
Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle, where he was also ordered to perform community service, pay restitution and be placed under supervision for three years following the sentence.
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Thought:
Though, Parson is not the original Blaster worm writer but he wrote a variant of the worm and attacked many other PCs. He may be a talent guy but used his talent at the wrong side…
