Morocco jails Zobtob writers

Science student Farid Essebar, 19, was sentenced to two years inside and and Achraf Bahloul, was sentenced to one year's jail.

Zotob appeared in August 2005. Targeting Voleware it managed to do some serious damage in the US and bought down Associated Press, ABC, CNN, The New York Times, Caterpillar and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau.

The FBI believed that Atilla Ekici paid Farid Essebar to code the worm.

Microsoft hired 50 investigators and offered $250,000 reward for the heads of the hackers. It only took two weeks before the pair were arrested.

Apparently, they intend to appeal the ruling.

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