Blaster author identified, about to be arrested...

Fri Aug 29 21:17:19 UTC 2003

Or possibly a scare tactic so the real offender will relax.

Luke

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On Behalf Of
Roland Perry
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 1:52 PM
To: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: Re: Blaster author identified, about to be arrested...

In article <6.0.0.10.0.20030829085908.04fcb150 at 127.0.0.1>, JC Dill
<nanog at vo.cnchost.com> writes
>The FBI has identified a teenager as the author of a damaging 
>virus-like
>infection unleashed on the Internet and plans to arrest him early
Friday, a U.S. 
>official confirmed Thursday.

It always worries me when law enforcement send out a press statement
that they are going to arrest a particular individual "in the future".
Where is he "now" and why won't he remove himself to "somewhere a long
way away", overnight? Obviously, there is something more complex
happening here.
-- 
Roland Perry