[EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003:08:29:20:56:30-0400] scribed: > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:47:22 CDT, Jerry Heidtke said: > > > It looks like it took the FBI 6 days to find what took 10 minutes on > > Google. Let's see, executable name is teekids.exe, here's a > > No, given that it only hit 7,000 systems, it probably took 5 days before they > got a copy of the binary and somebody who was computer forensics trained and > not allocated to the main Blaster or Nachi work, and get them to the same place > at the same time.... > > And then a very long afternoon documenting the steps they took using Google. > Remember that it's OK for *us* to say "yeah, that's probably him". The FBI > does it, they have to make *really* sure they aren't googling for the wrong > 'teekid' - first they have to convince a judge they have the right guy, and if > they still screw up and bash down the door of a 97-year-old woman who dies of a > heart attack of fright (yes, that DID happen recently), they end up with > serious egg on their faces.
OK, they nabbed a nickel-bagger; let's not get carried away! This kid is small potatoes, compared to other vermin spreaders, and we -- on this list, at least -- know that as fact. It's one thing to make an example of this kid; it's quite another thing to put a lid on this whole wormy Internet thingy . . . -- Best Regards, mds - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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