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>Samy Kamkar, the author of the worm, was raided by the United States Secret Service and Electronic Crimes Task Force in 2006 for releasing the worm.[4] He entered a plea agreement on January 31, 2007 to a felony charge.[5] The action resulted in Kamkar being sentenced to three years probation with only one computer and no use of internet,[6] 90 days community service, and $15,000-$20,000 USD in restitution, as directly reported by Samy Kamkar himself on "Greatest Moments in Hacking History" by Vice Media's video website, Motherboard.