Neowin News Feed for: Msblast

Microsoft drops MSBlast writer's $500,000 penalty

Brad Wardell — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:50:11 +0000

Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teen convicted of writing a variant of the MSBlast worm, won't have to pay $500,000 in restitution. The damages were to be paid to Microsoft for the teen's... Read more...

MSBlast suspect pleads guilty

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 04:01:47 +0000

Jeffrey Lee Parson today pleaded guilt to creating the "MSBlast" variant "MSBlast.B", which caused so may problems for computer users. For those who don't remember the original Blaster worm exploited the DCOM RPC vulnerability... Read more...

MSBlast virus writer faces 15 years behind bars

Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:50:29 +0000

A virus writer accused of creating an MSBlast variant last year is to face a Romanian court this week and could be sentenced to 15 years in jail if convicted. Dan Dumitru Ciobanu, 26, is... Read more...

MSBlast suspect pleads not guilty

Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:06:05 +0000

Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teen suspected of creating a variant of the destructive MSBlast worm, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in federal court in Seattle to one count of causing damage to a computer. ... Read more...