MSBlast.B author gets 18 months in prison

A federal judge on Friday sentenced Jeffrey Lee Parson, a 19-year-old Minnesota man, to 18 months in prison for releasing the MSBlast.B worm. Parson will serve his time in a minimum security facility and is required to perform 10 months of community service.

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