On Saturday, May 7, German authorities arrested 18-year old Sven Jaschan for allegedly creating five variants of the Sasser worm that crippled millions of systems in early May and 28 variants of ...

BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A German court has convicted the teenager who created the Sasser worm that snarled tens of thousands of computers last year and sentenced him to 21 months' probation.

Investigators say the machine contained the worm's source code. Earlier Friday, investigators said, Jaschan unleashed the new "Sasser e"--a failed attempt to limit the damage caused by the four ...