Teens Admit Unleashing ‘Goner’ Computer Worm
From Times Wire Reports
Four Israeli youths in police custody have admitted to creating and spreading the computer worm “Goner” by e-mail to attack hundreds of users around the world, police said.
Police arrested the 15- and 16-year-olds from the city of Nahariya on Friday, said Meir Zohar, the head of the police computer crime squad.
The Internet worm first spread this month to computers in Europe, especially in France and Germany. Tens of thousands of machines worldwide have reportedly been affected.
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