IP: Georgia man indicted in distributed computing case

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Hiawatha Bray" <watha () monitortan com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
>
> I just heard from David McOwen--you remember him?  He says the state of
> Georgia is indicting him on 8 counts, with possible penalties of up to 120
> years in stir. All for running an innocuous distributed code-cracking
> program on state college computers without permission.
>
> Here's an early story on the case:
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2001/tc2001088_076.htm
>
>
> Since then, the poor fellow has been officially indicted.  Perhaps you'd
> want to pass this on to readers.  A Web site on the subject may be found at
>
>
> http://www.freemcowen.com/
>
> Hiawatha Bray


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