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OCR: 232 CHAPTER4 ISSUE Cyberterrorists or Pranksters? SOME COMPUTER CRIMES require nc Computer crimes costly to organizations and indi- special digital expertise Setting fire to computer viduals -include variety of gambits, such as virus doesn't require the same finesse as writing stealthy distribution, data diddling identity theft and salami virus, but both can have the same disastrous effect shaving on data -PIO -fashioned crimes such as arson, that One of the first computer crime cases involved take high-tech twist because they involve com- worm unleashed on the ARPANET 1988 that puter can be prosecuted under traditional laws quickly spread through government pue university Traditional laws op not, however, cover the range of computer systems The worm's author, Robert possibilities for comp ...