Microsoft Offers $500,000 to Catch Virus Writers

[Tjalfe]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&e=1&u=/nm/20031105/tc_nm/tech_microsoft_bounty_dc

Microsoft offered two $250,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Blaster worm and Sobig e-mail virus, which disabled computers and snarled Internet traffic across the globe in August and September.

Anyone know them.. I could use $500000.. and at the same time I would like to meet the person in private for some constructive talk involving a baseball bat

[Jammrock]

You forgot a zero. The total awards for all of the "bounties" they are putting out will equal $5 million.

http://money.cnn.com/2003/11/05/technology/microsoftbounty/index.htm?cnn=yes

Though the remaining $4.5 million have not been announced.

Jammrock

[GuchiGuh]

please....guys....don't dob me in ok?