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< The United Phreaker's Incorporated Proudly Presents >
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< Computer Ace Guilty After `Worm' Goes Berserk >
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< By: The Lost Avenger >
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< An Upi Production 1990 >
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Reprinted In File Form On January 30, 1990
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Orignally Publised In Toronto Star Sunday January 23, 1990
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COMPUTER ACE GUILTY AFTER `WORM' GOES BERSERK
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A jury found a suspended graduate student guilty
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of federal computer tampering charges last night for unleashing a "worm" a
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rogue program, that crippled a nationwide network of thousands of computers.
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Robert Morris, 24, said trouble started when he made a programming
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error that caused the "worm" to go beserk and cripple the Internet system on
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November 2, 1988.
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It also immobilized an estimated 6,000 computers, including onces at,
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the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, military facilities and
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major univerities.
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Now he faces up to five years in jail and a $250,000 fine.
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Morris, a suspened Cornell University graduate student, is the first
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person brought to trial under a 1986 federal computer fraud and abuse law that
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makes it a felony to break into a federal computer network.
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In a closing statement, U.S. Justice Department trial lawyer mark Rasch
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said it was no accident that the "worm" attacked the network.
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The "worm" didn't break in by accident or mistake. Robert Morris
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intended for the worm to break in," he said.
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But defence lawyer Thomas Guidoboni reiterated his argument that it was
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a programming error.
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"It's not the side effects, it's not the mistakes, but what he actually
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intended to do," said Guidoboni. "He never intended to prevent authorized
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access."
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Prosecutor Ellen Meltzer reminded the jury in her summation that
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testimony showed Morris deliberately stole computer passwords from hundreds of
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people so the "worm" could break into as many computers as possible.
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He unleased the "worm" from the computer system at Massachusetts
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Institute of Technology in Cambridge and made it look like it was sent by the
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University of California at Berkeley so authorship of the program could not be
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traced to him at Cornell, she said.
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Guidoboni insisted that Moris of Arnold, Md, didn't intend to cause
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permanent damage to computer files.
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"There was no work lost, work was delayed. That's the bottom line."
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said Guidoboni.
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You may distrubute this file freely but may not change any part of this file in
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whole or part without the written or verbal concent of the author.
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Call These Great Upi Boards!
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Node Number Board Name Sysop Baud
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Hq 416-Upi-Home The Northern Phreaker's Alliance The Lost Avenger 12/24
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1 416-Upi-Nde1 The Shining Realm FrosT BitE 12/24
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2 514-Upi-Nde2 The Order Of Kamikaze Tomcat 12/24
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01-30-90/002 Copywrite 1990 By The Lost Avenger-All Rights Reserved
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