Microsoft paid $25,000 for the head of virus writer

MICROSOFT SPENT $25,000 to catch the Sasser worm virus writer by the simple ruse of paying his mates to grass him up.
Apparently five friends of Sven Jaschan approached Microsoft and asked about the $5 million fund that Vole has for virus bounties. The eighteen year old faces five years in federal German clink.

Source: The Inquirer
URL: http://www.theinquirer.net//?article=15827