Computer hacker receives one year sentence

Title

Computer hacker receives one year sentence

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

7 Jun 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:15

Description

Computer hacker Nicholas Whitely has been given a 1 year sentence suspended for 8 months after he replaced vital data in unversities around the country with odd phrases in a case which has made legal history. James Matthews reports from Southwark Crown Court. Includes interview with his distressed mother Betty Whitely.

Contributors

James Matthews; Betty Whitely

Keywords

Data protection; Crime; Southwark; Imprisonment; Trials; Computers; Sentencing; Nicholas Whitely

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