>Robert Tappan Morris
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>Robert Tappan Morris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm
The Morris worm or Internet worm of November 2, 1988, was one of the first computer worms distributed via the Internet, and the first to gain significant mainstream media attention. It also resulted in the first felony conviction in the US under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.[1] It was written by a graduate student at Cornell University, Robert Tappan Morris, and launched on November 2, 1988, from the computer systems of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Morris worm prompted DARPA to fund the establishment of the CERT/CC at Carnegie Mellon University, to give experts a central point for coordinating responses to network emergencies.[9] Gene Spafford also created the Phage mailing list to coordinate a response to the emergency.
Robert Morris was tried and convicted of violating United States Code: Title 18 (18 U.S.C. § 1030), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act[10] in United States v. Morris. After appeals he was sentenced to three years probation, 400 hours of community service, and a fine of $10,050 plus the costs of his supervision.[11]
The Morris worm has sometimes been referred to as the "Great Worm", because of the devastating effect it had on the Internet at that time, both in overall system downtime and in psychological impact on the perception of security and reliability of the Internet. The name was derived from the "Great Worms" of Tolkien: Scatha and Glaurung.