A juvenile was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to probation and community service in connection with a computer worm attack on Microsoft's main Web site.
The juvenile admitted releasing a worm — known as the RPCSDBOT — in August 2003 and then directing infected computers to attack the Microsoft site. The site was shut down for about four hours.
The U.S. Attorney's Office, which prosecuted the case, said federal law prevents it from releasing details about the juvenile, even the defendant's gender. It did say the juvenile was 14 when the crime occurred.
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