News Blaster Author Sentenced to Prison

They demanded hard time, they got hard time - Jeffery Lee Parson gets 18 months for his Blaster variant. This from PCWorld:

The teenage creator of a variant of the Blaster worm that infected tens of thousands of computers in 2003 was sentenced to 18 months in prison last week, prosecutors say.

Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, will spend 18 months in prison followed by a three-year supervised release program, and will be required to do 100 hours of community service, Judge Marsha Pechman ruled in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. In addition, Pechman on February 10 will determine how large a fine Parson will have to pay, according to a news release issued Friday by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington.

Parson created the W32.Blaster-B worm in August 2003, a few days after the original worm was first set loose on the Internet. He pleaded guilty to the charges in August 2004. The creator of the original worm has not been identified.

Both worms took advantage of flaws in Microsoft's Windows operating systems that allowed malicious hackers to take control of PCs. The Blaster worms instructed infected PCs to launch denial-of-service attacks on Microsoft's Windows Update Web site on certain dates.

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Wow, a whole 18 months? Jeez, well I hope at least they do a 'hackers' stylee punishment banning him from computers for years and years.

 

18 months to a 19yr old isn't good. Should put him off doing anything to end up back inside tho.

 

Yeah but it doesn't seem like much to someone who might be contemplating doing the same. In a case with this much coverage it's probably more important that there's a public perception of zero-tolerence.

 

Surely send him to teach people that cant use computers.... something useless with his 1337 skills and may keep him busy......... never know he could see the error of his ways by seeing how it can affect people that know nothing about PC's...

 

Or when he gets out he will do it again but be better at staying hidden