Abstract
Releasing the worm into the Internet system that caused an estimated $200,000 worth of damage not only nominated graduate student Robert Morris, Jr., for inclusion into the Computer Criminal Hall of Fame but also served to heighten the computer community's consciousness of the need for increased security awareness. The Morris vignette is one of 18 notorious crimes recounted by Buck Bloombecker in Spectacular Computer Crimes, a 242-page book that attempts to lure the reader into becoming concerned about computer security.
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