Good news from the FBI - an 18-year-old suspected of writing a variant of the Blaster worm and releasing to the general public has been arrested. The only sad part is when he gets out of jail he'll probably make some big money as a reformed hacker/security consultant.
One stupid thing - he's known online as "teekid."
The program that allegedly disseminated the virus is called "teekid.exe"
I guess that's the online equivalent of leaving your phone number at a crime scene.
This reminds me of the story about the guy who walked into the police precinct and said to the officer at the desk that he wanted to report a theft. He said that his roommate had stolen his stash of marijuana. The police officer couldn't believe that he was hearing this and asked the guy if he really wanted to report that. The guy said yes and was promptly arrested.
Apparently this kid was pretty stupid, just like that pot-head.