![]() ![]() Jaschan was tried as a minor because the German courts determined that he was 17 when he created the worm, which was actually released on his 18th birthday (April 29, 2004). It was the only variation that attempted to remove other worms from the infected computer, much in the way Netsky does. Another variation of Sasser, Sasser.E, was found to be circulating shortly after the arrest. He further revealed that not only Sasser, but also Netsky.AC, a variant of the Netsky worm, was his creation. One of Jaschan’s friends had informed Microsoft that his friend had created the worm. German authorities closed in on him thanks to information obtained in response to a $250,000 bounty offer by Microsoft. ![]() ![]() German computer science student Sven Jaschan, 18, from Rotenburg, Lower Saxony was arrested on May 7, 2004, for writing the worm. ![]()
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