http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/05/ftc_spyware_lawsuits/
Tough financial break for "Spamford," the pioneer of spamming
–Botmaster Sentenced To Nearly 5 Years In Prison
(8 May, 2006)
Jeanson James Ancheta, a member of the "Botmaster Underground" pleaded guilty in January to federal charges of conspiracy, fraud and damaging U.S. government computers. He was given a 57 month sentence, the longest sentence for spreading computer viruses, according to federal prosecutors.
http://ct.enews.cioinsight.com/rd/cts?d=188-336-1-20-148108-42789-0-0-0-1
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12694077/
"Your worst enemy is your own intellectual arrogance that somehow the world cannot touch you on this," Klausner said in sentencing Ancheta.
(((I'd be guessing that intellectual arrogance is this kid's worst enemy even when he's going out for a hamburger. Something the Botmaster will not be doing for about five years.)))
