American computer scientist; creator of Morris Worm; associate professor at MIT
For other people named Robert Morris, see Robert Morris (disambiguation).
Professor
Robert Tappan Morris
Ph.D.
Robert Morris in 2008
Born
(1965-11-08) November 8, 1965 (age 58)
United States
Other names
RTM
Education
Harvard University (BA) Harvard University (PhD)
Occupation(s)
Entrepreneur, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, partner at Y Combinator[2]
Known for
Morris Worm Viaweb Y Combinator
Criminal status
Fulfilled
Parent(s)
Robert Morris, Anne Farlow Morris
Motive
"To demonstrate the inadequacies of current security measures on computer networks by exploiting the security defects that Morris had discovered."[1]
Conviction(s)
United States Code: Title 18 (18 U.S.C. § 1030, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), March 7, 1991)[1]
Criminal penalty
3 years of probation, 400 hours of community service, and fines of $10,050 plus costs of his supervision[1]
Website
pdos.csail.mit.edu/rtm
Robert Tappan Morris (born November 8, 1965) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating the Morris worm in 1988,[3] considered the first computer worm on the Internet.[4]
Morris was prosecuted for releasing the worm, and became the first person convicted under the then-new Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).[1][5]
He went on to cofound the online store Viaweb, one of the first web applications,[6] and later the venture capital funding firm Y Combinator, both with Paul Graham.
He later joined the faculty in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he received tenure in 2006.[7] He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2019.
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^"Y Combinator: Partners". Y Combinator. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
^Lee, Timothy B. (1 November 2013). "How a grad student trying to build the first botnet brought the Internet to its knees". The Washington Post.
^Kehoe, Brendan P. (2007). "The Robert Morris Internet Worm". Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
^Denning, Dorothy Elizabeth Robling; Lin, Herbert S. (1994). Rights and responsibilities of participants in networked communities. National Academies Press. p. 74 74. ISBN 978-0-309-05090-6.
^"First Computer "Worm" Unleashed". History Channel. 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
^"Robert Morris: Professor". Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. October 30, 2017. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
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