* Microsoft Paid $250,000 Bounty
posted by David Adams on Tue 12th Jul 2005 15:39 UTC, submitted by Ryan
IconMicrosoft has paid two unnamed informers $250,000 for help in tracking down the author of the Sasser worm. The Sasser worm infected over 18 million computers worldwide within its first week in the wild, costing businesses estimated millions.
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