Robert Tappan Morris
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 59 |
Date of birth | November 8,1965 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Massachusetts |
United States | |
Parents | Robert Morris |
Anne Farlow Morris | |
Other name | RTM |
Job | Software Developer |
Computer scientist | |
Technical advisor | |
Education | Harvard University |
Known for | The Morris Worm |
Notable student | Eddie Kohler |
Douglas Seraphim James De Couto | |
Awards | ACM Fellow |
Academic advisor | H. T. Kung |
Founded | Y Combinator |
Viaweb | |
Convict | United States Code |
Title 18 | |
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act | |
CFAA | |
Nationality | American |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 436662 |
Robert Tappan Morris Life story
Robert Tappan Morris 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.