O1 Apr 97 HACKER PAYS THE PIPER: AGE (MELBORNE) Reuter Textline

Music student RICHARD PRYCE, was only 16 when he first appeared at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London in 1994, charged with hacking into the US Air Force computer system using the PC in his bedroom. Last week his case was finally concluded. He pleaded guilty to 12 charges under Britain’s Computer Misuse Act, 1990, and was fined 1200 (Dollars A2400).

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