A German high school student has confessed to creating the "Sasser" worm that generated chaos across the globe by infecting hundreds of thousands of computers, authorities said.
The teenager, whose name was not released, was arrested Friday in the northern village of Waffensen, where he lives with his family. In a search of the suspect’s home, German investigators confiscated his customized computer, which contained the worm’s source code.
“As a result of the student’s detailed testimony about the viruses he spread, he has been identified clearly as the author,” the state criminal office in Hanover said in a statement.
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