22 years ago for the first time the hacker was convicted of "worm"

Ended January 22, 1990 hearing in the case of Robert Tappan Morris. This young man who possessed a remarkable mind and high professionalism in the field of computer technology, has created a program ("worm"), capable of independently reproduced by e-mail server.

 "Worm" literally blocked more than a day, thousands of computers America and "walked" across the planet. Military computer centers, as well as scientific, educational and commercial structures - all were put out of action that shocked programmers.Panic and bewilderment prevailed among system administrators. This was the "black Thursday" November 3, 1988. Salvation came from the University of Berkeley, whose experts found the "antidote", and program code was decompiled.The verdict in the case of Morris can not be called strict. 


The court appointed the author of the virus 400 hours of public works, $ 10,000 fine, probation in three years and payment of costs associated with supervision of prisoners.While the financial damage to the networks on an affected computer was from 200 to 53 000 dollars. However, should nevertheless be noted that just because of this incident, his father dismissed, and Morris himself denied the opportunity to work at the computer for 5 years. 


Later then, his family ruined.However, this story served as a lesson for creators of computer networks. It forced to think about network security, professionalism and accuracy of system administrators.After the first sentence in 1990, hundreds of hackers were judged by such programs.