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Peer Arrested, Charged With Resetting Connections



SEATTLE, WA - An exhaustive eight month cyberhunt ended shortly before dawn on January 14th, 2000, as FBI agents and Washington State Troopers apprehended the elusive chatroom terrorist known only as Peer.



The IRC menace was brought to justice after a decade-long connection resetting spree that plagued chatters around the globe. FBI officials said the number of reset connections numbered in the "millions".



Connections being reset by peer were the number one cause of interupted chat sessions on all major IRC networks in 1999.



Undernet ChanServ Committee member Morrissey told IRCNews.com, "What set peer apart was the element of suprise. With ping, you kinda knew you were gonna time out. You could tell. Peer totally got you out of nowhere."



Leland, another bigshot on the Undernet IRC network, praised the FBI for their work, "How many idle times must be ruined? How many cybersex sessions must be cut short before we put an end to Peer and his shinanigans?"



Peer's lawyers criticized Leland's use of the word "shinanigans".



Peer's lead defence attorney responded, "Really, I think we can come up with a better term than that. We're all adults here. Besides, it's 'alleged' shinanigans."



Federal Prosecutor Sarah Evans told IRCNews.com she intends to "throw the book" at Peer. If convicted on all counts, Peer could spend up to the next three years on probation.



"His ass is mine.", claimed a motivated Evans. "With any luck, we'll get that judge who handled the Mitnick case."











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