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Accused Sasser author goes on trial

By AAP
July 05, 2005
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Accused-Sasser-author-goes-on-trial/0,130061744,139200589,00.htm

A German teenager accused of creating an Internet worm that affected millions of computers, including Australian rail services, goes on trial today charged with sabotage.

The Sasser worm took less than a week from 1 May, 2004, to infect as many as 18 million computers worldwide.

Companies as far-flung as US Delta airlines and banks in Finland were affected, and even Sydney's RailCorp halted services.

Sven Jaschan was just 17 when police were tipped off by an anonymous acquaintance.

Police allege Jaschan admitted creating the worm, which attacked through a flaw in certain versions of Microsoft's Windows operating systems.

German prosecutors in Berlin have only been able to document AU$207,000 in damage from the worm, but computer experts say the true figure is in the millions.

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