What happened to Onel De Guzman? The creator of the LOVE BUG Virus?

Question

He's the student that created the "I love you" virus that caused 10 billions of dollars in damage worldwide. Love bug Virus is considered one of the most spectacular virus outbreaks in cyberhistory. It was supposedly a password-stealing thesis proposal(was rejected by his school).

Does anyone know what happened to him now? Last thing I heard was all the charges against him has been dropped and some big time companies wanted to hire him.

Although what he did created a huge damage, I still think he's a genius. Does anyone know where he is right now? Is he working in big company now?

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I already know that charges against him has been dropped. I would like to know where is he right now? I heard rumors that he's working for Microsoft, is it true?

Answer 1

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De Guzman's lawyer previously said his client might have accidentally sent out the virus and had meant no harm.

"He will be summoned by the prosecutor to file his counteraffidavit and present his own evidence," Opinion said, adding that the NBI did not have any evidence that others were involved in the spread of the virus.

Violation of the Access Device Act carries a penalty of from six to 20 years' imprisonment while theft is punishable by three to six years.

The NBI said among its evidence is de Guzman's school thesis dealing with a program similar to the virus, logs from local Internet firms and a diskette with a virus akin to the "Love Bug."

The NBI's investigation unearthed four hacked email accounts -- "youngis," "angelcat," "koichi," and "chu" -- all under local service provider Sky Internet, which was used to spread the virus.

Two other email addresses from another Internet service firm were used as a destination for passwords stolen by the virus from victims, NBI investigators said.

The "Love Bug" destroyed computer files, stole passwords, and replicated itself through the address books of affected computers.

Meneses said the NBI would not charge 40 other people identified in a similar virus program allegedly found in de Guzman's Manila flat.

"We believe that he is alone in doing this," Meneses said.

Early this month, the NBI dropped charges against its first suspect, Reonel Ramones, who lived in the same flat with de Guzman.

Answer 2

Alll charges against him were dropped

Source(s):

http://www.sophos.co.uk/pressoffice/news…