Magold teen on probation

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 2, 2004

Hungarian virus writer convicted.

A Hungarian teenager has been sentenced to two years' probation for creating the Magold virus.

Earlier this week the Veszprem City Court convicted teenager 'Laszlo K.' of unauthorized use of computer systems. Although the teen was sentenced to one year in a juvenile prison, the court commuted the sentence to two years' probation and ordered him to pay 500,000 forints (US$2,400) in court costs.

According to Hungarian newspaper the daily Nepszabadsag, the teenager told the court he created the virus to reassure himself that he had some skills after failing several subjects at his high school. However, blunders such as including his birthdate, most of his name and his postcode in the virus code led to his arrest.

Read Virus Bulletin's full analysis of Magold here.

Posted on 02 July 2004 by Virus Bulletin

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