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  1.                                                                                 MILESTONES, Page 82
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  4.     SENTENCED. Robert Tappan Morris, 25, notorious hacker whose
  5. "virus" stalled thousands of computers nationwide in 1988; to
  6. three years' probation, 400 hours of community service and a
  7. $10,000 fine. Morris,  who did not draw a jail term in the
  8. closely watched case, was the first person tried under a
  9. federal law designed to protect computer security.
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