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  3. May  14, 1990: Sentenced:Robert Tappan Morris
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  5. <history>
  6. TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990               
  7. May  14, 1990  Sakharov Memoirs                      
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Magazine</source>
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  12. MILESTONES, Page 82
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  14. <body>
  15. <p>     SENTENCED. Robert Tappan Morris, 25, notorious hacker whose
  16. "virus" stalled thousands of computers nationwide in 1988; to
  17. three years' probation, 400 hours of community service and a
  18. $10,000 fine. Morris, who did not draw a jail term in the
  19. closely watched case, was the first person tried under a
  20. federal law designed to protect computer security.
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