HACKER FINED FOR UNAUTHORISED ACCESS

LOVELL WHITE DURRANT recently represented Richard Pryce at Bow Street Magistrates Court, UK charged with 12 offences of gaining unauthorised access to computer systems. Pryce was sixteen years old when in 1994 he hacked into computer systems in the USA, including those of the US Air Force. Pryce pleaded guilty in respect of the 12 offences and Lovell White Durrant made a plea in mitigation which stressed that Pryce had since been punished by substantial disruption to his career, was of good character and had only acted through curiosity and had not exploited the vulnerabilities of the computer systems. Pryce was fined GBP1,200.

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HACKER FINED FOR UNAUTHORISED ACCESS., Telecomworldwire, 03-25-1997.