Estonian DDoS revenge worm crafter jailed

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"An Estonian virus writer has been jailed for two and a half years for creating a Windows worm family
that launched denial of service attacks on the websites of a local insurance firm and ISP.

Artur Boiko, 44, was convicted by a jury of creating the Allaple worm and sentenced to two years and seven months 
following a trial.
Boiko pleaded not guilty but prosecutors persuaded the jury that he became a malware author in late 2006
to seek revenge against insurance firm IF following a dispute over a rejected car accident insurance claim."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/11/allaple_ddos_vxer_jailed/

Juha-Matti
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