Microsoft to Pay Reward to Sasser Worm Informants.

PR Newswire Europe, July, 2005

LONDON, July 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sasser Creator Found Guilty in German Court Today.

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that two individuals who helped identify the creator of the notorious Sasser worm in 2004 will share a reward of $250,000 (U.S.). The author of the worm, arrested in May 2004, was found guilty Friday by a court in Verden, Germany, and handed a sentence of one year and nine months on probation.

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