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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...powerful point. Time was when virus writers were able to act with impunity and bask in the glow of hacker fame. Now the same technology that allowed their work to spread so freely is being used to catch them. The irony was not lost on Spanska, creator of the Happy99 virus. "The perfect virus writer should not communicate with nobody," he wrote last week. He plans to disconnect his e-mail for a while and "think a little." The Melissa case should give him and his pals plenty of food for thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How They Caught Him | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

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