Editing Randal L. Schwartz (section)

=== Intel case ===

In July 1995, Schwartz was prosecuted in the case of ''State of Oregon vs. Randal Schwartz'', which dealt with compromised computer security during his time as a system administrator for [[Intel]]. In the process of performing [[penetration testing]], he cracked a number of passwords on Intel's systems.<ref>{{cite news
 |title=Technology: On the net; An Intel computer security expert runs afoul of the law. So much for the 'hacker ethic'?
 |last=Lewis |first=Peter H.
 |date=November 27, 1995
 |newspaper=[[New York Times]]
 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/27/business/technology-net-intel-computer-security-expert-runs-afoul-law-so-much-for-hacker.html
}}</ref><ref>Pacenka, Steve (April 15, 1996).[http://www.lightlink.com/spacenka/fors/police/report-lazenby.html "Report of Detective P. Lazenby"] (archive) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817222612/http://www.lightlink.com/spacenka/fors/police/report-lazenby.html|date=17 August 2017}} ([http://www.lightlink.com/spacenka/fors/ Case main] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831123648/http://www.lightlink.com/spacenka/fors/|date=31 August 2018}}).</ref> Schwartz was originally convicted on three felony counts, with one reduced to a misdemeanor, but on February 1, 2007, his arrest and conviction records were sealed through an official [[expungement]], and he is legally no longer a felon.<ref>{{cite news
 |title=Intel 'hacker' clears his name: 12-year fight ends in victory for 'white hat' password cracker
 |first=John |last=Leyden
 |date=March 5, 2007
 |newspaper=[[The Register]]
 |location=UK
 |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/05/intel_hacker_charges_quashed/
}}</ref><ref>Pacenka, Steve (April 15, 1996). [http://www.lightlink.com/spacenka/fors/ State of Oregon vs. Randal Schwartz] case summary (archive). LightLink.com. ([http://www.lightlink.com/spacenka/fors/ Case main] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831123648/http://www.lightlink.com/spacenka/fors/|date=31 August 2018}}).</ref>