Microsoft to reward Sasser informants
BetaNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft on Friday said it was prepared to split a $250,000 reward among two individuals that helped to identify the person who created last year's Sasser worm. The worm's author, 19-year-old Sven Jaschan, was found guilty in German court and faces a sentence of 21 months probation.
After the worm spread in May 2004, which caused infected Windows machines to crash and continuously reboot, Microsoft released a fix for the vulnerability that the worm exploited. It then offered a reward to those who could supply information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.