Sasser worm creator found quilty

It certainly doesn't seem like a large enough sentence!... from networkingsmallbusiness.com

Worm creator found guilty
By Peter Sayer Network World, 07/11/05

A German teenager who confessed to creating the Sasser computer worm last week was found guilty of three counts of computer sabotage and four counts of data manipulation, and given a suspended sentence of 21 months.

Sven Jaschan, 19, was sentenced at the district court in Verden, Germany, the court said. Jaschan will be released on three years' probation. If he commits another crime during the probation period, he will be jailed at a juvenile detention center to serve the 21-month sentence.

In addition, Jaschan must perform 30 hours of community service in a home for the elderly or a hospital. Jaschan confessed to writing the Sasser worm after he was arrested in May 2004.The computer worm crashed hundreds of thousands of computers around the world last year by exploiting a flaw in a Windows software component called the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service.

Jaschan could face civil lawsuits brought by companies whose IT systems were infected by the computer worm.

Sayer is a correspondent with the IDG News Service