A Minnesota teenager accused of downloading the Blaster computer worm code, modifying it and releasing the damaging and debilitating variant on the Internet last year pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this week to infecting computers. If convicted, Parson faces about three years and several hundred thousand dollars in penalties. When asked in court why he had released the Blaster variant, the now-19-year-old Parsons reportedly said he was unsure at the time of doing so.
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US Blaster Variant Suspect Pleads Guilty
Posted by: Jay Lyman August 12, 2004 01:22 PMA Minnesota teenager accused of downloading the Blaster computer worm code, modifying it and releasing the damaging and debilitating variant on the Internet last year pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this week to infecting computers. If convicted, Parson faces about three years and several hundred thousand dollars in penalties. When asked in court why he had released the Blaster variant, the now-19-year-old Parsons reportedly said he was unsure at the time of doing so.