Kuo, Jimmy wrote: >>The Melissa author was caught because he posted the infectious document >> >>from his own AOL account to a news group, rather than releasing it > >>through a hacked account. His guilt was confirmed when the serial number >>in the document matched the PC in the dumpster outside his bedroom :-) >> > >No. He used a hacked acct. But we identified the exact time of the use of >the acct (newsgroup posting message ID) and the FBI traced the phone >records. > >And the PC was destroyed and never located. > >Where did you get your version of the story? > Read it in the press. That was two years ago, so I have no idea which press. My apologies to all for the inaccurate recording. However, the main thrust still stands: he was caught because he was stupid, and failed to cover his tracks adequately. Working just a little harder would have prevented him from being identified at all. >We have some "first instances" of traffic. I don't know what the FBI's >doing with the information gathered so far. But I agree that it's difficult >and not likely. > It's been long enough that I would have expected announcements and arrests at this point if they actually had anything. Thanks for the clarifications. Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. Chief Scientist, WireX Communications, Inc. http://wirex.com Security Hardened Linux Distribution: http://immunix.org Available for purchase: http://wirex.com/Products/Immunix/purchase.html
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