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Is Morris still at work?
November
Computer Fraud & Security Bulletin
1989
Thomas Guidoboni, attorney for Robert Morris, the ex-Cornell graduate student who has been charged with unleashing the worm that forced Internet to a halt last October. The veil of secrecy may remain over Morris’ whereabouts for many months to come. In July, a New York grand jury charged Morris with a single felony count under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it illegal to gain unauthorized access to US government computers. Morris is the first person to be charged under this law, but Guidoboni says that he doesn’t know when the matter will come to court. “The judge has not set a trial date, and if he doesn’t set one soon there’s no way the trial can begin until 1990 at the earliest,” said the Washington DC-based attorney. “He’s been released on his own recognizance and is working, and that’s all I can say.” Doug Miiiison 0
Spent in 1987 ($M)
m
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Spending
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for 1993 ($M)
secutity products.
Frost and Sullivan.
Interestingly, the survey also claims that many computer crimes are low-tech, despite certain well-publicized cases. Most such
FBI FOCUS ON FRAUD “The US is now experiencing the greatest number of bank failures since the Depression; about one third of these have been estimated to involve fraud,” said William Baker, Assistant Director of the FBI, at the recent International Police Exhibition and Conference (IPEC) in London, UK.
IS MORRIS STILL AT WORK?
Baker’s message was that, in the current computerized and international business world, fraud prevention is impossible for law enforcement agencies to do alone. He outlined the FBI approach which, in addition to the traditional use of media and public response, makes greater use of business and industrial associations.
America’s best known computer virus author may be secretly at work in the computer industry. “He’s working, but I have no comment on what he is doing or where,” said
The Bureau also actively proposes new legislation, when old laws are felt to be inadequate, and maintains a database of fraud information to predict future trends.
crimes require little expert or technical knowledge to implement, but instead often exploit ‘insider’ knowledge of a firms methods and checks.
01989
Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd
Computer Fraud & Security Bulletin
1989
Thomas Guidoboni, attorney for Robert Morris, the ex-Cornell graduate student who has been charged with unleashing the worm that forced Internet to a halt last October. The veil of secrecy may remain over Morris’ whereabouts for many months to come. In July, a New York grand jury charged Morris with a single felony count under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it illegal to gain unauthorized access to US government computers. Morris is the first person to be charged under this law, but Guidoboni says that he doesn’t know when the matter will come to court. “The judge has not set a trial date, and if he doesn’t set one soon there’s no way the trial can begin until 1990 at the earliest,” said the Washington DC-based attorney. “He’s been released on his own recognizance and is working, and that’s all I can say.” Doug Miiiison 0
Spent in 1987 ($M)
m
Predicted
Spending
on computer
Source:
for 1993 ($M)
secutity products.
Frost and Sullivan.
Interestingly, the survey also claims that many computer crimes are low-tech, despite certain well-publicized cases. Most such
FBI FOCUS ON FRAUD “The US is now experiencing the greatest number of bank failures since the Depression; about one third of these have been estimated to involve fraud,” said William Baker, Assistant Director of the FBI, at the recent International Police Exhibition and Conference (IPEC) in London, UK.
IS MORRIS STILL AT WORK?
Baker’s message was that, in the current computerized and international business world, fraud prevention is impossible for law enforcement agencies to do alone. He outlined the FBI approach which, in addition to the traditional use of media and public response, makes greater use of business and industrial associations.
America’s best known computer virus author may be secretly at work in the computer industry. “He’s working, but I have no comment on what he is doing or where,” said
The Bureau also actively proposes new legislation, when old laws are felt to be inadequate, and maintains a database of fraud information to predict future trends.
crimes require little expert or technical knowledge to implement, but instead often exploit ‘insider’ knowledge of a firms methods and checks.
01989
Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd