Oregon/Intel vs Randal Schwartz: Press Reports

These are in approximate chronological order, newest first. Items from the same publication are clustered. Except where noted, these are all by permission -- please be gentle to copyrights)

Willamette Week

Volume 24, issue 46, Sept. 17-23, 1997. The Schwartz case made Willamette Week's "Scoreboard" of winners and losers. It was actually Intel who made the scoreboard -- as a loser.

Washington Post

The Case of the Intel 'Hacker', Victim of his own Access, by John Schwartz, Washington Post, "Washington Business", p. 17, September 15, 1997.

History of the Net

From Usenet, December 1996.

Fortune Magazine

"Who's Reading your e-mail?", by Richard Behar. February 3, 1997, p. 57. The reference to Randal's case is on page 64.

Boston Magazine

"Brave New Web" by Charles C. Mann. Vol. 88, No. 4, April 1996, pp. 32-36. Also at Boston Magazine's WWW site.

Matrix News

"Personal Use or First Amendment?", page 6, Vol. 7, No. 11, November 1997.

"There Goes Another Personal Right", page 9, Vol. 7, No. 11, November 1997. A reprint of Cybersalem 12.
"Oregon Employees have No First Amendment Rights", page 3, Vol. 7, No. 10, October 1997. A reprint of Cybersalem 11.
More About the Randal Schwartz Case , Vol. 6, no. 4, April 1996.
System Administration as a Criminal Activity or, the Strange Case of Randal Schwartz, Vol. 5, no. 9, September 1995.

KPTV, Portland

"Northwest Reports: Hacker or Helper?" KPTV, Channel 12, Portland, Oregon, airdate March 24, 1996.

Web Review (Net Daily News)

Online Advocates Support Hacker. Article by Michael Shapiro in February 2-9, 1996 issue.

UNIX Review

Editorial in February 1996 issue.
Letter to editor (as submitted) from Stephen Friedl, in rebuttal to the above. Page 7 of the May 1996 issue.

New York Times

Column by Peter Lewis in The New York Times, November 27, 1995, page D5.

Dr. Dobb's Journal and companions

Absence of Malice. Editorial by Jonathan Erickson. March 1996 (Vol. 21, Issue 3, whole number 245).
Letter to the editor (as submitted) by Thomas J. Tintera, Washington County, OR, District Attorney's Office, in reply to above. August 1996. (Vol. 21, Issue 8, whole number 250).
Fair use excerpt with comments from The Perl of Wizdom by Ray Valdes, Dr. Dobb's Developer Update, vol 2, no 3, December 1995.

San Jose Mercury News

Intel password for consultant was 'don't (October 23, 1995) (corrections to errors of fact and ambiguities)
Hacker avoids prison (September 12, 1995)
Programmer convicted of hacking at Intel (July 27, 1995)

Digipresse

Pirate pas très clair, by Phillippe Blanchard. Edition du 25 au 1 octobre 1995. En français.

CMP Publications

Articles online on TechWeb . Use TechWeb's search facility to find "randal AND schwartz".

Intel Hacker Convicted -- Programmer illegally opened up chip giant's corporate network to the Internet. Communications Week: July 31, 1995
Intel And Oregon Say No To 'Crack'. Information Week: October 2, 1995
Guarding the enterprise network is everything. Communications Week: August 7, 1995
Case Goes Off To the Races. Communications Week: July 31, 1995

Intel Leads

Article of September 1995 or earlier.

NewsLine Amateur Radio News

"Hacker Convicted" , September 15, 1995.

Oregonian

Permission to reprint July articles was refused to Mark Morrissey.

9/20/95, D5, "Intel case brings probation", Fiona M. Ortiz.

7/26/95, D1, "Computer expert convicted in hacking", Fiona M. Ortiz. USENET commentary.
7/22/95, B1, "Intel consultant on defense", Holly Danks.
7/21/95, B1, "Computer Crime has arrived", Cristine Gonzalez. A general piece on computer crime which mentions the Schwartz trial.
7/20/95(?), "State rests in computer consultant's trial", Fiona M. Ortiz.
7/16/95, Business section, "Intel workers testify against consultant", Fiona M. Ortiz.
7/12/95, D1, "Trial over Intel intruder takes aim at high-tech's intricacies", Fiona M. Ortiz.