VERDEN, Germany — The teenager who created the "Sasser" computer worm that created havoc as it raced around the world last year was convicted Friday on charges including computer sabotage and given a ...

In at least seven cases, disruptions at large companies have been blamed on machines infected by Sasser. The virus can infect PCs running Windows 2000 and XP that are not patched against the loophole ...

HANOVER, Germany -- 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 ...

A German teenager who authorities say confessed to creating the Sasser worm that snarled tens of thousands of computers last year will face trial in July for computer sabotage -- a charge that carries ...

The teenager who created the "Sasser" computer worm that created havoc around the world last year was convicted Friday in Germany on charges including computer sabotage and given a suspended sentence, ...

This past week computers around the world were attacked and hassled by the Sasser worm, the latest in a series of attacks that have plagued computers in 2004, among them the MyDoom worm and variants ...

The man on trial for writing the Sasser computer worm, which wreaked havoc in big businesses and homes across the world last year, has confessed to all the charges against him, a German court said ...

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NEW YORK -- A pesky computer worm snarled hundreds of thousands of machines worldwide Monday in the latest virus-like outbreak to take advantage of a known flaw with the Windows operating system.

HANOVER, Germany -- 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 ...