Teen in "Blaster" Worm Case Has History, Prosecutors Say

A teen accused of targeting Microsoft with a version of the Blaster computer worm had a "long history of causing damage over the Internet," prosecutors wrote in court documents unsealed in Seattle. Jeffrey Lee Parson, 18, of Hopkins, Minn., admitted to investigators that he had previously launched attacks against other organizations, including the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America, federal prosecutors wrote in U.S. District Court filings.