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System managers at the Mitre Corporation, a defense contractor in Bedford, Mass., discovered Monday that a hacker had breached the security of one of their computers as early as November 3. Although the company found no evidence that the intruder had stolen sensitive data or had broken into any other military computers, the Pentagon responded by severing communication channels between Arpanet and Milnet...
THOUGH appealing, this image of the virtuous and righteous computer hacker should be discarded in considering Morris' computer offense. Put simply, Morris flagrantly violated the law: he illegally entered secured computer systems and injected an unauthorized and damaging program that cost millions of dollars in inoperative computer time and repairs. It was as if he had broken into many sensitive Pentagon and university offices throughout the country and messed up all the files...
MORRIS must not be allowed to cash in on his irresponsibility. Morris' computer expertise is admirable in a diminutive "Wargames" way, but ignorance or disregard for the law is no excuse. While the reclusive "computer hacker" has undeniably become a part of our society, his creativity is better suited to entrepreneurism a la Steven Jobs and Apple Computer than senseless destruction...
Stoll said he is not sure how, or if, Morris should be punished and took great pains to avoid the question. He said part of the reason for his indecision stems from his friendship with the young hacker's father, Robert Morris Sr., who works for the National Computer Security Council...
Termed a "classic hacker," the Dunster House graduate is portrayed by friends as an avid computer buff who spent long hours toying with computers to the exclusion of his studies...