Saturday, 20. September 2003

Topic: COMPUTER - on September 20, 2003 at 2:39:32 PM CEST

Virus sender helped FBI bust hackers

Federal prosecutors credited the man responsible for transmitting the Melissa virus -- a computer bug that did more than $80 million in damage in 1999 -- with helping the FBI bring down several major international hackers.

Court documents unsealed Wednesday at the request of The Associated Press show that David Smith began working with the FBI within weeks of his 1999 arrest, primarily using a fake identity to communicate with and track hackers from around the world.

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