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Re: Schwartz conviction
>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Burke <aburke@qiclab.scn.rain.com> writes:
Andrew> According to the Oregonian, Randal Schwartz was convicted of
Andrew> three counts of computer crime (I don't know the correct legal
Andrew> words, so I'm punting). Randal was a consultant at Intel (and
Andrew> a number of other firms), and had hacked around various computers
Andrew> and networks. Apparently, Intel got tired of trying to stop him
Andrew> from screwing around, running "crack" on their supercomputers,
Andrew> finding ways around various protection schemes, and being an
Andrew> arrogant jerk. So they took him to court, and he's been convicted.
Andrew> He now owes Intel $60,000 and might spend some time in jail.
For my side of the story, please send email to fund@stonehenge.com.
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print "Just another Perl hacker," # but not what the media calls "hacker!" :-)
# legal fund: $3411.03 collected, $72879.50 spent; email fund@stonehenge.com for details
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