Microsoft drops MSBlast writer's $500,000 penalty
Community service instead..
Wednesday, March 30, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
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 actions, which piggybacked on a worm that temporarily downed the software giant's Web site in 2003. The tech behemoth has asked that the 19-year-old's punishment be converted from the fine to 225 hours of community service.
(one wonders if he should also receive 20 hours of professionally provided wedgies for being such a dweeb).
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Reply #21 Sunday, April 3, 2005 10:44 AM