my thoughts gruseom. I remember writing about the morris worm in more detail than this back about 8months ago ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=350477 http:

my thoughts gruseom. I remember writing about the morris worm in more detail than this back about 8months ago ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=350477 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=350477 One point I did find interesting that may explain why rtm wasn't interviewed: Reading through these articles with the quaint descriptions of legal authority you sense the outrage and hysteria of a single user disrupting 6000 computers seemingly at will. Significantly, the Morris case may represent a turning point in how society views its computer wizards. Until the early 1980's, those who broke into computer systems were widely admired, at least if movies and novels are any indication, for their combination of daring and technical skill. Markoff, NYT, From Hacker to Symbol, January 24, 1990. Reading the John Markoff article, 'From Hacker to Symbol', writing at the time of sentencing, I found one legacy that I didn't previously know of - the point in time where term "hacker" became demonised in the press.