Sasser and Phatbot arrests not linked
Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:02 EST
A 21-year-old German man who was arrested and has admitted to creating the Trojan horse programs Agobot and Phatbot is not connected to Sven Jaschan, the author of the Sasser internet worm, a police spokesman said. German police arrested the man on Friday in the southern German town of Waldshut and charged him under the country's computer sabotage law for attacks on computers in Germany, the UK and the US linked to Agobot and Phatbot.
Five other men were also charged in connection to the so-called Trojan programs, but there is no link to the arrest of 18-year-old Jaschan in connection with the Sasser Internet worm, said Horst Haug, a spokesman for the State Bureau of Investigation in Baden-Württemberg.
Authorities arrested the Phatbot author, a "self-taught" hacker, following tips in recent weeks from the FBI, Haug said. Police searched the suspect's home and seized computer hardware, software and documents.
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