One person responsible for 70% of PC virus infections in 2004

[Aceyducey]

Sven Jaschan, self-confessed author of the Netsky and Sasser viruses, is responsible for 70 percent of virus infections in 2004, according to a six-month virus roundup published Wednesday by antivirus company Sophos.

With viruses costing the world an estimated US$50 billion upwards a year in terms of lost production, resources and damage, that makes this individual responsible for a global loss of US$35 billion dollars.

It demonstrates the difference an individual can make!

The 18-year-old Jaschan was taken into custody in Germany in May by police who said he had admitted to programming both the Netsky and Sasser worms, something experts at Microsoft confirmed. (A Microsoft antivirus reward program led to the teenager's arrest.) During the five months preceding Jaschan's capture, there were at least 25 variants of Netsky and one of the port-scanning network worm Sasser.

Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said it was staggering that one person could be responsible for so many infections. Richard Starnes, president of security industry group ISSA UK, was also impressed: "Is he going to put this on his CV?" he asked.

http://news.com.com/2102-7349_3-5287664.html?tag=st.util.print


Here's a viewpoint that basically says that it makes sense to give these people the death penalty....because they do much more damage than the average murderer.... http://slate.msn.com/id/2101297/

Personally I reckon we can just dock his wages for the next 10 million years.

Cheers,

Aceyducey

 

[Lplate]

Following Steven E. Landsburg's logic the directors of a company that went belly up would also receive the death penalty. What about the Australian Defence purchasing blues?

Steven E Landsburg is an idiot.