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...Stoll, however, noted that Morris injected the virus late at night, when computeroperators would be least alert. Furthermore,Morris encrypted the virus in a secret code whichstumped initial efforts to read the program. Also,Stoll said Morris never passed along the simplecode built into the virus which would have haltedits spread...
...Cliff Stoll, an astrophysicist currently working at Harvard, said in a Jefferson Hall lecture last night on computer security that while the virus was not programmed to be destructive, it was intentionally set up to be extremely difficult to defeat...
...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...
This strange behavior alerted system operatorsto the presence of the virus; many of them,including Stoll, had already begun trying todefeat the virus by 2 a.m. Thursday morning...
Rison and federal prison officials maintain that Martin had broken federal regulations against prisoners' being employed and receiving outside compensation. Defense Attorney George Stoll argued at a hearing last month that Martin "isn't Bret Harte or somebody who is uniquely describing the California experience. He's a federal prisoner, and he's moved around from time to time...