Phatbot Author Arrested In Germany

Tacito writes "After arresting the author of Sasser, the German police claims having caught the author of Phatbot. To read the corresponding articles on Yahoo! News or Heise (use babelfish)." jm.one adds a link to an "awesome Google translation" of the Heise article.

Fucking Nazis

[Anonymous Coward]

Trying to revive the Reich by destroying Patriotic American Technology. All of Germany should be held responsible for the actions of these individuals.

Hah

[Bishop, Martin]

In other news, German Authorities claim they have caught the moth that got caught in the Mark II. News at 11.

When asked about the arrest

[Anonymous Coward]

Police Sgt. Schultz said "I know NOTHING! NOTHING!!"

Put the...

[Phidoux]

... phatbot author in a phat jail cell behind some phatbars, and that's only because he doesn't know how to spell FAT!

Real Justice

[gizmonic]

If convicted, they should force him to work end user tech support during his jailtime. Of course, I'm sure some treaty out there would deem that cruel and unusual punishment and recommend execution as a more humane alternative. :)

Re:Okay Now

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't you mean tar and gzip them? :)

Send those twits to the US....

[Anonymous Coward]

so that they can find out what "exploiting a backdoor" is all about.

Re:Put the...

[Mononoke]

Says Phidoux:

... phatbot author in a phat jail cell behind some phatbars, and that's only because he doesn't know how to spell FAT!

Interesting, coming from someone who apparently can't spell Fido.

^_^

And people in germany are allways complaining

[Anonymous Coward]

about this country falling behind when it comes to technology. Rejoice, it doesnt seem to be that bad after all.

Umlauts not required

[pipingguy]

When asked for a comment, one German prosecution authority said:

Ich bein ein kickinassenviruswriter.

Re:Blah blah

[pipingguy]

Back in the day...

Which specific day was that again?

Is there a connection between Phatbot and Sasser?

[Orion Blastar]

Could the authors of both worms be part of some German Cyber Terrorist group?

It seems most worms originate from other countries besides the USA. Could the worms be part of some Cyber Terrorist attack? If so, who is funding the development of these worms?

Re:Freaky...

[Anonymous Coward]

"...he was a "student" and lived with his parents."

I bet the profilers never expected THAT kind of character would release a virus.

On a different note: is anyone interested in joining the Angry Loner's Rifle Association? Our motto: "Be a quiet man, and keep to yourself".

Re:Umlauts not required

[Anonymous Coward]

Nah, he said "Ich bin ein phat Berliner"

Re:Is there a connection between Phatbot and Sasse

[Anonymous Coward]

They're members of the "Phatbin laden" terrorist group.

Too many worms to be a coincidence

[Orion Blastar]

North Korea, for example, spends $3 Billion USD a year to have viruses developed. I wonder how many other countries have such a program?

Hmmm, commit an act of Cyber Terrorism like release a worm into the wild, and just because you do not live in the middle-east, you are automatically not a terrorist?

In the USA we have our own terrorists, perhaps you forgot about Oklahoma City?

Terrorism knows no countries or races or religions, it is an equal opportunity employer.

Yeah just a bunch of kids having fun.

"Hey Gunthar, look at this worm I wrote, it takes 250K bytes of space."

"That is nothing Wolfgang, my worm only takes 15K of code."

"Ok Gunthar, let us release both of them onto the Internet and see which one wins!"

"Ok, but afterwords let's brag about them on IRC."

"Deal!"

Aren't they...

[Kjella]

...one and the same? Though I suppose it takes a little longer for the brain cells to die during tech support...

Kjella

Phatbot caught, but unfortunately...

[Black Parrot]

...the skinnybot slipped through the net.

Re:Phatbot capabilities

[gnu-generation-one]

- Diagnoses network problems
- Answers questions sent on AIM
- Sets your minesweeper scores to 9 seconds
- Makes hot chocolate