Recently, Japan enacted a law that made it a criminal offence to create computer viruses. It appears that the police did not take long to make their first arrest under the new law.
An unemployed 38 year old man was arrested for distributing a virus that he was accused of making. Allegedly, he created a virus and distributed it by infecting files on his own computer and then connecting to a P2P file sharing system that is popular in Japan, Share. The file was disguised as pornography in an apparent effort to attack other Share users. A specialized cyber-crime police unit detected this and arrested him in Ogaki, Japan. Initial reports varied but it now appears that he was arrested for making the virus.
As of August, the virus was still going strong. It spread to music and comic book downloads available through Share.
Sources:
Slashdot Japan: http://security.slashdot.jp/story/11/07/21/050258/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E7%BD%AA%E3%81%A7%E5%88%9D%E3%81%AE%E9%80%AE%E6%8D%95%E8%80%85
atmarkIT via Yahoo Japan News: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110721-00000000-zdn_ait-sci
IT Media News Japan: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110804-00000086-zdn_ep-secu
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