p2pnet.net News:- Former scriptkiddy Sven Jaschan has once again admitted that he wrote the Sasser computer worm which swept the Net last year,

The trial of Sven Jaschan, 19, was being held behind closed doors in the northwestern town of Verden because he was a minor at the time of the offense, says the Associated press, going on:

After proceedings began, Jaschan `admitted to the alleged offenses in every detail,` court spokeswoman Katharina Kruetzfeld said.

Because defendants do not enter formal pleas under German law, proceedings continue despite Jaschan’s confession. The trial was to last three days, with a possible verdict on Thursday.

Charges include disrupting public services and illegally altering data and carry up to five years in prison, though Kruetzfeld said Jaschan, as a minor, faces a lesser penalty

Jaschan was arrested after Microsoft placed a bounty worth a quarter of a million dollars on his head.

Investigations revealed a, “subculture of dilettante youth hackers capable of wreaking mass havoc because of their lack of experience in programming,” said Deutsche Welle last year.

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See:-
Sven Jaschan – Sasser author a ’scriptkiddy’, p2pnet, May 14, 2004
Deutsche Welle – Police Call ‘Sasser’ Programmer a Bottom-Feeding Hacker, May 14, 2004

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