UK hackers jailed for global computer worm plot (TK worm)

While getting caught up on the recent news I came across this. I have been swamped at work, especially as I dig out from the week I was away at HITB in Malaysia. (A special thanks to everyone there for everything, it's good to meet so many of you and see so many friends again.)

LONDON: Two British hackers were jailed on Friday for helping to spread a computer worm which affected thousands of machines around the world including some at the U.S. Department of Defense. Jordan Bradley, 22, and Andrew Harvey, 23, were part of an international hacking group called "TH34t Krew" which created the "TK worm", a so-called "Trojan" programme that surfaced on the Internet sometime before February 2003.

Source: UK hackers jailed for global computer worm plot, Reuters (in CIOL News).

Additional information:

• Owned by the THR34T Krew...Part II, from Air Scanner, a description of the TKBot traffic and how it was investigated.
• Hackers Jailed for Global Computer Virus in Red Nova.
• Bedroom IT Skills Were Designed to Create a Devastating Worm, also in Red Nova.

While nothing too major, it's good to see malware authors getting traced, caught, and sentenced.