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Man arrested for MSBlast pleads guilty

...the MSBlast worm attack that wreaked havoc on the Internet last summer. Jeffrey Lee Parson admitted creating the "MSBlast.B" variant, also called "teekids," by... Read more

12 August, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

MSBlast writer thrown in slammer

Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, of Minnesota, was ordered to serve his time in... Read more

31 January, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

Blaster writer faces jail

Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teen who admitted to writing the Blaster virus, is... Read more

26 January, 2005 by Jo Best

Punishment fails to fit the cybercrime

Jeffrey Lee Parson pleaded guilty last week to unleashing part of the MSBlast... Read more

19 August, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

Who writes viruses?

...to reflect that stereotype. Go to any news search engine and enter "Jeffrey Lee Parson" and there he is, the alleged author of a variant... Read more

25 September, 2003 by Scorp

FBI arrests MSBlast worm suspect

...this month. US Attorney John McKay of Seattle said 18-year-old Jeffrey Lee Parson of Minneapolis was arrested and charged with one count of... Read more

1 September, 2003 by David Becker and Matt Hines

Microsoft drops Blaster writer $500,000 penalty

A bit of community service instead... Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teenager convicted of writing a variant of the Blaster... Read more

30 March, 2005 by Jo Best

14-year-old 'downed Microsoft homepage for four hours'

...the Blaster worm, which saw another teenage virus writer in the dock. Jeffrey Lee Parson, now 19, was sentenced earlier this year for created the... Read more

14 February, 2005 by Jo Best

Teen virus writer could pay Microsoft over $600,000

And spend three years in jail Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teen who admitted to writing the Blaster virus, is... Read more

26 January, 2005 by Jo Best

Virus writers: Should we 'lock them up and throw away the key'?

Let the debate begin, again... The arrest of Jeffrey Lee Parson, the 18-year-old thought to be responsible for the... Read more

1 September, 2003 by Will Sturgeon

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