2 Arrested on Suspicion of Unleashing Worms
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From Reuters
Authorities in Morocco and Turkey have arrested two men alleged to have unleashed computer worms that disrupted networks across the U.S., the FBI said.
Farid Essebar, 18, of Morocco and Atilla Ekici, 21, of Turkey are believed to have been responsible for the Zotob worm that hit the Internet less than two weeks ago, along with predecessors called Rbot and Mytob, the FBI said.
Zotob caused computer outages at more than 100 U.S. companies, including major media outlets such as CNN and the New York Times.
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