Comment by wccrawford
5 years ago
Holy crap. That went way deeper than I expected it to.
About halfway through, I was ready to copy the source to another computer and compile it there instead, and then suggest they nuke the original computer.
Turns out I was right. I just didn't know how right I was, which could be important for whatever they plan to do to the person who hacked that computer.
Given the computer model involved, this is probably in the late 80s. If you've read The Cuckoo's Egg, it suggests that getting law enforcement to take computer intrusion seriously was very hard back then.
I suppose the university could impose some kind of sanctions such as revoking the student's degree.