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From: mark@drd.UUCP (Mark Lawrence)
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Subject: Re: Possible Fines for Virus Perpetrator
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Date: 9 Nov 88 14:00:50 GMT
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(AP) WASHINGTON Nov 9, 1988 (w/o permission, of course)

...The FBI pressed forward with its criminal investigation considering
and then rejecting the idea of seeking grand jury subpoenas for
documents at Cornell which could help shed some light on the computer
virus incident, federal law enforcement sources said.
	University officials seem anxious to resolve the matter by swiftly
supplying federal investigators with as much information and as many 
documents as requested, said the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity.
...
	Charles Steinmetz, an FBI spokesman, had said Monday that the
preliminary inquiry of the computer virus incident was being upgraded to
a full-scale criminal investigation and that the bureau was examining
possible violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.
	The law carries a one-year maximum prison term on conviction for
intentionally gaining unauthorized access to a computer used by the U.S.
government and affecting the operationof the computer.  The law also
carries a five-year maximum prison term fro intentionally gaining
unauthorized access to two or more computers in different states and
preventing authorized use of such computers or information.[In Spades!]
	The virus paralyzed more than 6000 university and military computers
nationwide last Wednesday and Thursday.
...