On August 10, 1988, Dade Murphy, who went by the hacker handle "Zero Cool" was ordered by the court to not to own or touch a computer or touchtone phone until his 18th birthday. His parents were also fined $45,000. At 11, he was a master hacker who had created a virus that crashed 1,507 computers and even caused a downturn in the stock market. ("Hackers" flm)




















