The Nation - News from Jan. 28, 1985
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Three Chicago teen-agers have been charged with using home computers to make free long-distance telephone calls estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars or more, authorities said. Police spokesmen said the youths have been charged with theft of service--a felony--regarding the calls. They have also been charged with illegal use of a computer, a misdemeanor. The teen-age hackers, whose identities police did not release, range in age from 14 to 15, police said.
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