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    FBI said Friday that Morocco and Turkey have arrested two people believed responsible for the Zotob computer worm that infected networks at U.S. companies and government agencies earlier this month.

    Farid Essebar, 18, was arrested in Morocco and Atilla Ekici, 21, was arrested in Turkey.

    Louis M. Riegel, the FBI's assistant director for cyber crimes, said they will be prosecuted in those countries.

    Riegel said Essebar wrote the code that attacked computers with Windows operating systems and Ekici paid him for it, adding it's unclear they ever met, "but they certainly knew each other via the Internet." Riegel said he does not know how much money changed hands.

    Source: http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/nat...d20050826.html
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    Farid needed something to do with his knowledge & Atilla had the plan
    it worked
    but to what effect?
    but there was no "higher" conceptual /political / social "statement" behind this hack other than "windows is vulnerable" & CNN should upgrade(on all levels).

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    Or hire the two of them !

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    Quote Originally Posted by 100%
    Farid needed something to do with his knowledge & Atilla had the plan
    it worked
    but to what effect?
    but there was no "higher" conceptual /political / social "statement" behind this hack other than "windows is vulnerable" & CNN should upgrade(on all levels).
    seems like the US government are fantacizing about master criminals again

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    I can't help but think of thier names, one sounds like an Columbian drug dealer the other must of been teased in school . So theres the problem .

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    A gift to CNN

    W32.Zotob Removal Tool
    Discovered on: August 15, 2005Last Updated on: August 26, 2005 05:20:12 PM PDT

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    This tool is designed to remove the infections of the following threats:


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    In either case watch out for US officials knocking on you door, no need to be shown on cops with you underwear dangling lol

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