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Robert Tappan Morris (* 8. November 1965) ist ein US-amerikanischer Informatiker. Seit 1999 ist er Professor am Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Bekannt wurde er 1989 als Autor des ersten Internet-Computerwurms . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Verurteilung. 3 Literatur. 4 Siehe auch. 5 Weblinks. 6 Einzelnachweise. Leben.
Robert Tappan Morris (born November 8, 1965) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating the Morris worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the Internet. Morris was prosecuted for releasing the worm, and became the first person convicted under the then-new Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ...
- November 8, 1965 (age 57), United States
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Robert Tappan Morris, a 23-year-old computer scientist from Cornell University, unleashed a malicious cyber worm on the Internet in 1988 that crippled computers at many universities and research centers. He was the first person convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for unauthorized access to protected computers. Learn more about the attack, the investigation, and the impact of cyber security.
30. Okt. 2008 · Robert Tappan Morris, the MIT professor who unleashed the first worm attack on the Internet in 1988, has fully rehabilitated his reputation in the computer science community. He was sentenced to probation, community service and a fine for his violation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, but he has since gone on to have a productive career in the field.
31. Okt. 2008 · Robert Tappan Morris, the 21-year-old Cornell University student who unleashed the first worm attack on the Internet in 1988, has fully rehabilitated his reputation in the computer science community. Today, he is a respected associate professor of computer science at MIT, where he teaches and conducts research on network security and malware.
The worm's creator, Robert Tappan Morris, is the son of cryptographer Robert Morris, who worked at the NSA. A friend of Morris said that he created the worm simply to see if it could be done, and released it from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the hope of suggesting that its creator studied there, instead of Cornell.
2. Nov. 2018 · Robert Tappan Morris, a graduate student at Cornell, wrote a program that clogged the internet with traffic and caused a distributed denial of service attack in 1988. He was prosecuted and sentenced to probation, but became a professor and a millionaire in the cybersecurity industry. Learn more about the history and impact of the Morris worm and how to prevent similar attacks today.
