By Rosalie Steier
Communications of the ACM,
January 1984,
Vol. 27 No. 1, Pages 10-11
10.1145/69605.358003
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Congress has been taking an active interest in protecting information stored in computers. Congressional investigations and media reports have highlighted the vulnerability of computer systems to abuse and mis-use. Recent accounts of “system hackers” describe young students and others who gain illegal access to systems, thereby obtaining information and services, as well as disrupting systems.
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