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Hugh Jeffery Ward

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Hugh Jeffery Ward is an American convicted criminal in the United States responsible for one of the first known thefts of computer software in 1971; he stole a $25,000 USD data plotting program from Information Systems Design of Oakland, California. Ward pleaded guilty to theft of trade secrets.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ Computer Security, by John M Carroll (1995, ISBN 978-0-7506-9600-5)
  2. ^ Forester, Tom (1994). Computer ethics : cautionary tales and ethical dilemmas in computing (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. p. 53. ISBN 9780262560733.
  3. ^ "Ward pleads guilty to trade secret theft". Computerworld. No. 46. November 15, 1972. p. 1.