Hugh Jeffery Ward
Hugh Jeffery Ward is a 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.

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American prisoners and detainees
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American computer criminals
American people convicted of theft