Microsoft to reward informants after Sasser conviction

Microsoft to reward informants after Sasser conviction
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-07-08

Microsoft plans to split the $250,000 reward for the information leading to the Sasser author between two tipsters, after a German court convicted and sentenced the creator of the Sasser worm and Netsky viruses on Friday.

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Microsoft to reward informants after Sasser conviction 2005-07-09
Anonymous (1 replies)

I am starting to wonder this: I am a minor, if I write a very nasty virus, and then I myself tip to M$ and have local authorities arrest and convict me, do I myself cash on M$ anti-virus rewards program? what if I tell my mates to tip on me?

This is really bullshit....

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Re: Microsoft to reward informants after Sasser conviction 2005-09-09
Anonymous

No. You should just go to jail. Do not go past Go! Do not collect any M$. Just stay under your rock! And that ain't no BS! DS!...

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Microsoft to reward informants after Sasser conviction 2005-07-11
Anonymous

Never forget that the industry has its part on this one.

While setting free a worm is clearly an act of vandalism, software makers do take it too easy on security. Still. And anti-virus makers keep selling old solutions based (more or less) on databases of known attacks which have to be kept up-t...

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Microsoft to reward informants after Sasser conviction 2005-07-15
Anonymous (1 replies)

The sad thing is this guy is working a job programming and was just convicted with 30 hours service. He should lose his job based on ethical violations and criminal intent even if he was a minor....

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Re: Microsoft to reward informants after Sasser conviction 2005-07-25
Anonymous

Programming is forcing the computer to do (bad) ,things it want to on its own :)...

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Microsoft to reward informants after Sasser conviction 2008-01-13
Anonymous

I was interested in knowing if there is any reward up for info on the the hackers known Anonymous and if there is how much and how much money would be involved?...

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