A Minnesota high-school senior, Jeffrey Parson, of Hopkins, Minnesota, pleaded guilty Wednesday, August 11th, in federal court to unleashing a variant of the Blaster Internet worm that crippled thousands of computers last summer.
Prosecutors have recommended an 18 to 37-month sentence. Sentencing is Nov 2nd.
Virus Writer Pleads Guilty [Wired]
Saturday, August 14, 2004
H.S. Senior created Blaster Internet Worm