From: OpsAn@gnn.com (Michael Coates)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 95 22:12:51 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: AUTHOR A VIRUS, GO TO JAIL
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Found this intersting too.  US Position?

AUTHOR A VIRUS, GO TO JAIL
A computer cracker last week became the first virus writer sentenced to a
jail term under Great Britain's Computer Misuse Act.  The 26-year-old
perpetrator was sentenced to 18 months in jail after pleading guilty to 11
charges connected with placing virus-infected programs on computer bulletin
boards.  (Investor's Business Daily 29 Nov 95 A6)