Teekid hacker 'simple to trace'.

Date: Monday, September 1st Source: australianit.news.com

Perhaps fooled by the seclusion of his bedroom and what he thought was the anonymity of the internet, the teenager alleged to be the Teekid hacker, responsible for a copycat version of the Blaster worm, did not bother to cover his tracks.
The FBI and US Secret Service allege Teekid was high-school student Jeffrey Lee Parson, 18, of Hopkins, Minnesota.

Mr Parson was arrested for being the author of the copycat Blaster.b virus that followed in the wake of the destructive MSBlaster worm, also known as LovSan.
He has been charged with intentionally causing damage to a protected computer.

About 30 US Secret Service Agents swarmed on Mr Parson's house on August 19 and confiscated seven computers for analysis.
In documents filed in the US Federal Court, the agencies said Mr Parson had admitted modifying the original MSBlaster worm to create a new variant.

The court was told Blaster.b had infected at least 7000 computers, and authorities said Mr Parson had admitted programming a back door into the worm, which could have been used to gather information on infected computers and their owners.

Neighbours described the 193cm, 145kg teenager as a loner.

He was assigned a public defender after claiming to have no income or assets, and just $US3 ($5.30) in a savings account.

If convicted, he faces a fine of up to $US250,000 and up to 10 years in prison.

Mr Parson made himself relatively easy for authorities to trace.

The worm he created referred to a website, t33kid. com, registered in his name.

The site, now offline, also listed his home address.

One expert described tracing Mr Parson as "embarrassingly simple".

Mr Parson has been placed under house arrest, allowed to leave home only to attend school and for medical reasons, and has been banned from using the internet or any networked computer.

His house arrest is policed by electronic monitoring.

Mr Parson's next hearing is scheduled for September 17 in Seattle, where the case is being investigated.