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- ↑ "Two face computer charge", The Times, 13 June 1985, p. 2.
- ↑ "Prestel password 'blunder helped hacker'", The Times, 16 April 1986.
- ↑ "Hacker who broke into Duke's computer file found guilty of forgery", The Times, 25 April 1986.
- ↑ 'Hacking' into Prestel is not a Forgery Act offence" (Law Report), The Times, 21 July 1987.
- ↑ "Computer 'hacking' is not forgery" (Law Report), The Times, 22 April 1988.
- 1 2 "BCS Computer Bulletin: September 2002 Interview". British Computer Society . Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ↑ Wendy Grossman, "The strong arm of the law", The Guardian, 22 September 1994, p. 5.
- ↑ Schifreen, Robert (2006). Defeating the hacker: a non-technical guide to computer security. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons Ltd. ISBN 9780470025550.
