Re: Dutch Police Arrest Kournikova Author.

[John Oliver <joliver () CONNECTNET COM>]

Marnix Petrarca wrote:
> I hear it is a 20 year old kiddie from the town called Sneek(y)
> in Friesland (50 KM east..) He got scared after (I think) he heard
> of the damage caused and quickly went to the police to report
> himself, with a sad story that he didn't realise what he was
> doing.

What really scares me is the fact that MS and co. don't see a problem
where anyone, and I mean *anyone* can "write" a script that can cause
such huge problems...

> Apparently that's why it was so quick. If it turns out that this child
> was
> idiot enough to send it off from his personal Excite mail account,
> well, how stupid can it get?

Oh, so *that's* how Excite@Home was able to "track him down"... :-)  I
was really wondering about that, since it's been years since there was
anyone with @Home who had the technical expertise needed to blow their
own nose without assistance...


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