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THE FRONT PAGE
I've edited this down, for fair use reasons, you can get the idea...
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> The Electronic Telegraph Thursday 16 November 1995 The Front Page
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> [The Front Page]
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> 'Black Baron' computer virus writer jailed for 18 months
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> By Robert Uhlig, Technology Correspondent
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> Devils in disguise that preyed on computers
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> [Image] THE man who wrote computer viruses which could cause millions of
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> pounds of damage, was jailed for 18 months yesterday.
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> Christopher Pile, who called himself the Black Baron, not only spread his own
> viruses, Exeter Crown Court was told, but also distributed across the world his
> program which let other hackers disguise their own viruses.
> The viruses have made the "Black Baron" notorious among British companies.
> Microprose estimated it lost up to �500,000 and used more than 480 staff hours
> checking more than a million files. The computer firm Apricot had to shut down
> and check many of its machines. It found that 22 out of 60 had been infected by
> Pathogen.
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