Dois hackers foram presos por ajudar no desenvolvimento de um vírus que infectou milhares de computadores no mundo. Andrew Harvey, 24 anos, foi sentenciado a seis meses de prisão e Jordan Bradley, 22 anos, foi sentenciado a 3 meses.
Os criminosos admitiram participação na criação do worm T-K, que foi disseminado em canais de Chat e permitia o controle remoto de computadores infectados. Eles foram presos em 2003, após uma investigação conjunta de policiais americanos e ingleses.
Two hackers have been jailed for helping to create a virus that infected thousands of computers worldwide. Andrew Harvey, 24, of Sherburn Village, Co Durham, was jailed for six months, and Jordan Bradley, 22, of Darlington, was jailed for three months, on Friday.
The men admitted a conspiracy charge in May this year for their part in creating what was called the T-K Worm. It used internet chat channels to infect other computers which then gave the hackers control of them. They were arrested in 2003 after a joint investigation by hi-tech crime officers in Britain and the US.
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