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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, considered the first computer worm on the Internet.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Robert Tappan Morris | Born | (1965-11-08) November 8, 1965 (age 60) United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Tappan Morris | Convictions | United States Code: Title 18 (18 U.S.C. § 1030, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), March 7, 1991) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Tappan Morris | Criminal penalty | 3 years of probation, 400 hours of community service, and fines of $10,050 plus costs of his supervision | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Tappan Morris | Criminal status | Fulfilled | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Tappan Morris | Education | Harvard University (BA) Cornell University (PhD) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Tappan Morris | Known for | Morris Worm Viaweb Y Combinator | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Tappan Morris | Motive | "To demonstrate the inadequacies of current security measures on computer networks by exploiting the security defects that Morris had discovered." | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Tappan Morris | Occupations | Entrepreneur, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, partner at Y Combinator | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Tappan Morris | Other name | RTM | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Tappan Morris | Parent(s) | Robert Morris, Anne Farlow Morris | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Tappan Morris | Relatives | Meredith Morris, Benjamin Morris (siblings) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Tappan Morris | Website | pdos.csail.mit.edu/rtm | 1.00 | infobox |
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