The Sasser computer worm may mark a turning point for law enforcement's ability to catch and prosecute computer virus authors.
The reason: Enticed by a $250,000 reward, an informant came forward to leak information on the person who wrote and released Sasser. It's exactly what Microsoft, which agreed to the bounty as part of its antivirus reward program, hoped would happen, said Hemanshu Nigam, an attorney for the Microsoft branch administering the program.
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