Jail for 'wipe-out' virus creator

[bobbi]

LONDON, England -- A British Web designer has been sentenced to two years in prison for writing one of the world's most destructive viruses which wiped out computers worldwide.

Read the full story here :

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/01/21/virus.arrest/index.html

 

[daisha]

thats what he gets.

 

[bobbi]

what I don't get is , why would someone be so ignorant as to send a virus out for the soul purpose to see if it would be sent back to them?

 

[daisha]

im thinking its a mixture of stupidity or it is trying to see how far can one go or better yet "could i get away with this easily".

boredom and too much time on your hands does crazy things to the mind.

 

[bobbi]

well at least he is going to be serving his due's for his crime

 

[daisha]

yes yes yes. very true :D