Article: MOROCCAN, TURK ARRESTED IN COMPUTER WORM ATTACK

Two men, one living in Turkey and the other in Morocco, have been arrested on suspicion of unleashing the Zotob and Mytob computer worms that wrought havoc on computer networks worldwide in the past two weeks.

Turkish police on Thursday arrested Atilla Ekici, 21, while Moroccan authorities apprehended 18-year-old Farid Essebar. They acted on information supplied by computer crime specialists at the FBI and Microsoft Corp., maker of the Windows 2000 software attacked by the worms.

Louis M. Reigel III, assistant director of the FBI's cybercrime division, said the investigations "were successful because of our international relationships, particularly with Turkey and Morocco, and because of ...

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