Zotob writers jailed in Morocco

Farid Essebar and Achraf Bahloul were jailed after a court ruling in Morocco for creating and spreading the Zotob worm last year which did a lot of damage in the United States. They were convicted of conspiracy, theft, using forged credit cards and illegal access to computer systems. Along with Nathan Peterson of iBackup.net, these guys are the latest we've heard on computer criminal rulings in the courts. All the people who were affected by the worm should know that justice has now been served. Everyone seems to think that virus-writers get off Scot-free. The truth is many times these guys are caught and justice is served. Isn't it good to know that after virus-writers cause so much destruction to countless people's computer systems, the IT headaches, and the recovery efforts needed, someone goes to jail? It doesn't seem like that is enough punishment sometimes. At least they won't be touching a computer anytime in the future. That's worth something I suppose.

[Via CNN.com]

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