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Robert T. Morris
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Robert T. Morris - The creator of the "Internet Worm" that wreaked havoc on many Internet systems for a day or two.

Morris, the son of an NSA spook, did some jail time for releasing the worm.
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The best example of a hacker who changed hats is Robert Tappan Morris, a Cornell University graduate student and the son of the former chief scientist for the government's super-secret spy organization, the National Security Agency.
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