ZDEE699@ELM.CC.KCL.AC.UK (06/20/89)
I was surprised that these news were not forwarded to VIRUS-L. Message forwarded from RISKS-FORUM digest 8.74 with authorisation from Dave Curry (davy@riacs.edu). forwarded message: ------------------------- Original-Date: Thu, 25 May 89 18:49:38 -0700 Original-From: davy@riacs.edu Original-Subject: Robert T. Morris suspended from Cornell Taken from San Jose Mercury News, 5/25/89 (From the New York Times) Cornell University has suspended the graduate student identified by school officials as the author of [the Internet worm]. In a May 16 letter to Robert Tappan Morris, 23, the dean of the Cornell Uni- versity Graduate School said a university panel had found him guilty of vio- lating the school's Code of Academic Integrity. He will be suspended until the beginning of the fall semester of 1990, and then could reapply. No criminal charges have been filed against Morris. A federal grand jury this year forwarded its recommendations to the Justice Department, which has not taken any action. [....] - ------------------------- end of forwarded message. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond | - If no-one can do it | |JANET : <zdee699@uk.ac.kcl.cc.elm> | then do it yourself | |BITNET : <zdee699%elm.cc.kcl.ac.uk@ukacrl> | - If you can't do it, | |INTERNET: <zdee699%elm.cc.kcl.ac.uk@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay>| then P A N I C ! ! | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^