Famous Cybercriminals

Famous Cybercriminals in United States

Famous Cybercriminals

Overview of Famous Cybercriminals in relation to cyber crime: [1] One of the earliest examples of crime involving the Internet revealed just how vulnerable the Internet could be to malicious acts. In 1988 Robert Morris Jr. was a doctoral (Ph.D.) candidate at Cornell University. During his time there as a graduate student, Morris released the first Internet worm. The self-replicating program swept through thousands of computers, infecting approximately 10 percent of the estimated 60,000 computers then on the Internet. Although Morris may not have intended to cause any damage, the consequences were grave. His worm coding effectively disabled the Internet until system administrators could remove the program from infected systems and patch the vulnerabilities it had exploited. Morris was later convicted under the Computer Abuse and Fraud Act and sentenced to three years probation, 400 hours of community service, and a $10,000 fine. Robert Morris Jr. went on to become a Professor of Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Notes and References

  1. By Gary Scarborough

See Also

  • Types of Cybercrime
  • Cybercriminal

Further Reading

Borzillo, C. (1993, May 8). From contest stars to prison stripes; Three frequent L.A. winners indicated for fraud. Billboard, 64; Rogers, R., & Beale, J. (2004). Stealing the network: How to own a continent. Rockland, MA: Syngress Publishing; Filiol, E. (2005). Computer viruses: From theory to applications. Paris: Springer; Mohay, G., Anderson, A., Collie, B., De Vel, O., &McKemmish, R. (2003). Computer and intrusion forensics. Norwood,MA: Artech House Inc.;Weber,M.J. (2004). Invasion of privacy: Big brother and the company hackers. Boston: Premier Press.


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