[ISN] Federal criminal complaint against Jeffrey Lee Parson

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Date: Wed Sep 03 2003 - 02:23:31 PDT

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http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/sobig1.html

AUGUST 29 -- A Minnesota teenager was arrested today and charged with 
unleashing the computer virus that has caused havoc on the Internet 
and in e-mail boxes nationwide. Jeffrey Lee Parson, an 18-year-old 
known online as "teekid," admitted to FBI agents that he tweaked the 
original "Blaster" virus and used the variant to infect the computers 
of unsuspecting victims, according to the below criminal complaint. 
During a raid at Parson's Hopkins, Minnesota home, federal agents 
carted off seven computers, which are now undergoing a forensic 
analysis. (10 pages) 



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