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                    [ArticleID] => 88160
                    [Title] => Probe on cyber crimes sought
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The "Love Bug" probe continues.

A senator urged his colleagues yesterday to conduct an investigation in aid of legislation on the circumstances surrounding the "ILOVEYOU" or Love Bug computer virus which crippled millions of computers around the world early this month.

Sen. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1201863 [AuthorName] => by Perseus Echeminada, Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88139 [Title] => Suspected 'Love Bug' hacker swamped with job offers [Summary] =>

Being cast in a bad light is not so bad, after all.

Michael Buen, a 23-year-old graduate of AMA Computer College, may yet hit pay dirt despite being implicated in the "ILOVEYOU" virus computer mess.

Buen's younger sister Maan told The STAR that job offers have been knocking at their door since last week following the worldwide media reports on the deadly cyber virus.

But Buen, a former classmate of Onel de Guzman who is suspected by authorities to be the principal creator of the "Love Bug" virus, turned down the offers, saying he wanted to clear the air of t [DatePublished] => 2000-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88051 [Title] => Virus probe points to AMA grad [Summary] =>

A diskette seized from the apartment of an AMA Computer College student who says he may have accidentally released the "Love Bug" computer virus contained a similar virus that was apparently written by schoolmate Michael Buen, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said yesterday.

Buen, who graduated from AMA early this month, claimed Sunday he was not involved in the creation or release of the "ILOVEYOU" program that crippled e-mail systems worldwide last May 4.

But the diskette also revealed a warning that investigators believe was written by Buen, which said in part: [DatePublished] => 2000-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88022 [Title] => AMA grad denies role in 'Love Bug' [Summary] =>

A young AMA Computer College graduate named as another potential suspect in the "Love Bug" virus case denied yesterday any involvement in the cyber catastrophe that struck e-mail systems worldwide on May 4.

"These allegations and insinuations have caused me and my family great distress," 23-year-old Michael Buen said in a statement read aloud to journalists by his lawyer, Patrick Orosa. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1196768 [AuthorName] => by JoseAravilla, AP [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

MICHAEL BUEN
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                    [ArticleID] => 88160
                    [Title] => Probe on cyber crimes sought
                    [Summary] => 

The "Love Bug" probe continues.

A senator urged his colleagues yesterday to conduct an investigation in aid of legislation on the circumstances surrounding the "ILOVEYOU" or Love Bug computer virus which crippled millions of computers around the world early this month.

Sen. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1201863 [AuthorName] => by Perseus Echeminada, Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88139 [Title] => Suspected 'Love Bug' hacker swamped with job offers [Summary] =>

Being cast in a bad light is not so bad, after all.

Michael Buen, a 23-year-old graduate of AMA Computer College, may yet hit pay dirt despite being implicated in the "ILOVEYOU" virus computer mess.

Buen's younger sister Maan told The STAR that job offers have been knocking at their door since last week following the worldwide media reports on the deadly cyber virus.

But Buen, a former classmate of Onel de Guzman who is suspected by authorities to be the principal creator of the "Love Bug" virus, turned down the offers, saying he wanted to clear the air of t [DatePublished] => 2000-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88051 [Title] => Virus probe points to AMA grad [Summary] =>

A diskette seized from the apartment of an AMA Computer College student who says he may have accidentally released the "Love Bug" computer virus contained a similar virus that was apparently written by schoolmate Michael Buen, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said yesterday.

Buen, who graduated from AMA early this month, claimed Sunday he was not involved in the creation or release of the "ILOVEYOU" program that crippled e-mail systems worldwide last May 4.

But the diskette also revealed a warning that investigators believe was written by Buen, which said in part: [DatePublished] => 2000-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88022 [Title] => AMA grad denies role in 'Love Bug' [Summary] =>

A young AMA Computer College graduate named as another potential suspect in the "Love Bug" virus case denied yesterday any involvement in the cyber catastrophe that struck e-mail systems worldwide on May 4.

"These allegations and insinuations have caused me and my family great distress," 23-year-old Michael Buen said in a statement read aloud to journalists by his lawyer, Patrick Orosa. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1196768 [AuthorName] => by JoseAravilla, AP [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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