Blaster Worm Writer gets 18 Months in Prision

[cardude2004]

The writer of the Blaster Worm got 18 months in prision -

Jeffrey Lee Parson, the creator of the infamous Blaster worm, has received an 18-month sentence in prison for releasing this worm on the internet in 2003.

U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman could have sentenced Parson to as many as 37 months — the maximum end of the range agreed to by lawyers on both sides of the case.

Instead, she said she was swayed to a more lenient sentence because of Parson's history of mental-health problems and because his home life "sounds grimmer than many prison camps I've visited."​

Parson will also face three years of supervision and 100 hours of community service after he is released.

The Blaster worm caused a lot of damage in the Summer of 2003.

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[sUn]

Yep, I read about that on TechWeb yesterday.

 

[toyomatt84]

Kind of makes you ponder how much Kevin Mitnick did. Especially since his sentance was for 4 years.

 

[cardude2004]

His sentence is a year and a half, but could have been three years.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

It's a waste of time. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve jail time, but 18 months is too long...

In my opinion, rather than throw him in jail, they should make him work! If he can devise something like that, he should be able to create something that can "help" computer operating systems too. They should make him find ways to eliminate holes and exploits within operating systems etc. That is the type of "reformation" or "punishment" (depending on your perspective) that should be given to people who commit this type cybercrime.

 

[Slick6]

But when he's free again, he would know the leaks and cracks still in the systems. It would just make his job that much easier.

 

[cardude2004]

It's a waste of time. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve jail time, but 18 months is too long...

In my opinion, rather than throw him in jail, they should make him work! If he can devise something like that, he should be able to create something that can "help" computer operating systems too. They should make him find ways to eliminate holes and exploits within operating systems etc. That is the type of "reformation" or "punishment" (depending on your perspective) that should be given to people who commit this type cybercrime.

They should make him do this if his knowledge of computers is that great.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

But when he's free again, he would know the leaks and cracks still in the systems. It would just make his job that much easier.

So basically you're saying that an extended period of time without any computer access will make him forget most of his virus creation skills.

That makes sense... 💡

 

[cardude2004]

I don't think he would forget.

 

[Slick6]

Uh, no.

You said that instead of punishing him, we should use him to find ways to eliminate holes and exploits within operating systems .

Then I said, when he become's free, if he wanted to, he would know how to crack his own work and cause more problems. If it was my choice I'd cut off his fingers.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

Uh, no.

You said that instead of punishing him, we should use him to find ways to eliminate holes and exploits within operating systems .

Then I said, when he become's free, if he wanted to, he would know how to crack his own work and cause more problems. If it was my choice I'd cut off his fingers.

Politically, I went way too far left (which is not like me ). You just took it a step further and went all the way to the right.

Perhaps our justice is fair... at least to cybercriminals anyway.

EDIT: By the way, I now understand what you were saying before... my mistake...

 

[CDailey]

Kind of makes you ponder how much Kevin Mitnick did. Especially since his sentance was for 4 years.

I think Kevin Mitnick's sentence was so long because it was really the first case of that magnitude, even though he really didn't do anything.

Isn't he writing a book about what he did now that he can officially talk about what he did? (I think)

 

[toyomatt84]

I think Kevin Mitnick's sentence was so long because it was really the first case of that magnitude, even though he really didn't do anything.

Isn't he writing a book about what he did now that he can officially talk about what he did? (I think)

He has written a book about his experiences, but I'm not sure as of how detailed he goes on the subject of hacking.

His sentence is a year and a half, but could have been three years.

I can read, you know. Mitnick spent a complete 4 years in prison, where as, this fella will not.

 

[CDailey]

He has written a book about his experiences, but I'm not sure as of how detailed he goes on the subject of hacking.

I know he's written one book called The Art of Deception where he explains the ins and outs of social engineering and how to protect your business from social engineers. He used fictional stories and a few real life stories in that one. Last I heard, he was writing a book about his experiences and was asking people (hackers) to send in their hacking/social engineering stories so he could publish them in his book. I believe he said that he was going to include a lot of his stories more in-depth sinces his probation was up.

EDIT: The name of the book is The Art of Intrusion and will be released in February. 👍