Two hackers have been jailed for helping to create a virus that infected thousands of computers worldwide.
Andrew Harvey, 24, of Sherburn Village, Co Durham, was jailed for three months, and Jordan Bradley, 22, of Darlington, was jailed for six months, on Friday.
The men admitted a conspiracy charge in May this year for their part in creating what was called the T-K Worm.
They were arrested in 2003 after a joint investigation by hi-tech crime officers in Britain and the US.
They men were part of a group called the "Threat Krew ".
Internet worm
Harvey, of Meldon Avenue, Sherburn Village, and Bradley, of Bates Avenue, Darlington, admitted conspiracy to cause unauthorised modification of computers with intent between 31 December 2001 and 7 February 2003.
The arrests were witnessed by officers from the US Computer and Technology Crime Hi-tech team which flew in from southern California.
At the time they were accused of being part of an international hacking group calling itself THr34t-Krew which created an internet worm to infect computers across the world.
As part of the investigation, another man was arrested in Illinois, USA, in February 2003.
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Published: 2005/10/07 14:22:33 GMT
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Andrew Harvey, 24, of Sherburn Village, Co Durham, was jailed for three months, and Jordan Bradley, 22, of Darlington, was jailed for six months, on Friday.
The men admitted a conspiracy charge in May this year for their part in creating what was called the T-K Worm.
They were arrested in 2003 after a joint investigation by hi-tech crime officers in Britain and the US.
They men were part of a group called the "Threat Krew ".
Internet worm
Harvey, of Meldon Avenue, Sherburn Village, and Bradley, of Bates Avenue, Darlington, admitted conspiracy to cause unauthorised modification of computers with intent between 31 December 2001 and 7 February 2003.
The arrests were witnessed by officers from the US Computer and Technology Crime Hi-tech team which flew in from southern California.
At the time they were accused of being part of an international hacking group calling itself THr34t-Krew which created an internet worm to infect computers across the world.
As part of the investigation, another man was arrested in Illinois, USA, in February 2003.
Story from BBC NEWS:
Published: 2005/10/07 14:22:33 GMT
© BBC MMV
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