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Chris Lamprecht: The First Person In History To Be Legally Banned From The Internet
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Chris Lamprecht: The First Person In History To Be Legally Banned From The Internet
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 28, 2026 – Listen to the podcast A 1997 WIRED story reported on Chris Lamprecht, the first person to be legally banned from using the Internet. When U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks sent Chris Lamprecht to the Federal Correctional Institution in Bastrop, Texas, in 1995, the 24-year-old hacker sobbed before the bench. A stint in the federal pen was ter…
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