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July 5, 2012 10:05 pm

Japanese 13-Year-Old Arrested For Virus Creation


An anonymous reader writes "Last year, Japan criminalized virus creation and just saving a virus on [one's] own computer. According to Yomiuri Shimbun, Kyoto police have arrested a 13-year-old (Japanese language original), second grade of junior high school student from Tokyo, for allegedly creating a computer shutdown virus and operating an exchange board of hackers. Kyoto police also arrested 23-year-old construction worker for allegedly teaching a how to make a virus on their board and saved a virus on his computer."

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