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German Court Convicts Sasser Worm Creator
Friday, July 8, 2005 11:25 AM EDT
The Associated Press
By IMKE ZIMMERMANN
VERDEN, Germany (AP) — The teenager who created the "Sasser" computer worm that created havoc as it raced around the world last year was convicted Friday on charges including computer sabotage and given a suspended sentence, a court official said.
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.
Jaschan admitted to creating the worm at the beginning of his trial Tuesday — reiterating a confession to authorities at the time of his arrest in May 2004.
Sasser exploited a flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems. It caused infected computers to crash and reboot, making it impossible to work on them. The worm snarled hundreds of thousands of computers and caused Internet traffic to slow. German prosecutors estimate that damages ran into the millions of dollars.
Following the conviction, Microsoft said two people who had helped identify Jaschan would share a $250,000 reward.
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