[IP] Minnesota Teenager Arrested in Internet Attack

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:06:38 -0400
> From: Matt Blaze <mab@crypto.com>
> Subject: Minnesota Teenager Arrested in Internet Attack
> To: dave@farber.net
>
>
> >From http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Internet-Attack.html?hp
>
>  August 29, 2003
>
>  Minnesota Teenager Arrested in Internet Attack
>
>  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
>  Filed at 12:12 p.m. ET
>
>  WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. cyber investigators arrested a Minnesota teenager
>  Friday who the FBI said has admitted unleashing one version of a damaging
>  virus-like infection weeks ago on the Internet.
>
>  A court official identified the teenager as Jeffrey Lee Parson, 18, of
>  Hopkins, Minn., known online as ``teekid.'' A U.S. official in Washington
>  also confirmed an arrest was made early Friday.
>
>  Court papers said FBI and Secret Service agents searched Parson's home on
>  Aug. 19 and seized seven computers, which are still being analyzed. In an
>  interview with FBI Special Agent Eric Smithmier, Parson admitted modifying
>  the original ``Blaster'' infection and creating a version known by a
>  variety of different names, including ``Blaster.B.,'' court papers said.
>
> [snip]

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