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Arrest Is Due in 'Blaster' Computer Worm Case.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2003

The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 29--The FBI has identified an 18-year-old suspect in the "Blaster" worm attacks, one of the most destructive computer viruses ever to target the Internet and computers worldwide, according to two U.S. Justice Department sources.

The man, who is not from Washington, has been ...uestioned by federal agents and put under surveillance. Law-enforcement sources would not give his name or location.

The man is expected to be in custody by 1:30 p.m. today, when the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle holds a news conference about developments in the Blaster worm investigation.

He is allegedly responsible for taking the original Blaster worm and changing it into a more sinister...

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