Global Chaos = 30 Hour Community Service Order

Sasser Author Let Off Lightly

Considering the tendency for courts to give computer criminals extremely harsh sentences compared to the real damage of their crime, it's a bit surprising to find a German court let Sven Jaschan, the admitted author of a number of successful computer worms, what amounts to a slap on the wrist: a suspended sentence and 30 hours of community service. [via Techdirt]