Hackers

The Times has of course given extensive coverage to the problems computer hackers have been causing on commercial Internet Web sites, including your Feb. 12 story. That same issue also contained a story about how a Nazi-oriented Web site was being used to direct the persecution of an equal opportunity housing advocate as she fled from one place to another around the country. It is time the hackers directed their talents where the public would appreciate them.

THOMAS E. LOCKE

North Hollywood

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It costs millions of dollars when hackers get into a company and shut it down. I feel that the minimum for a hacker crime should be five years in prison and a $25,000 fine. Maybe after one conviction the copycats will stop.

EDDIE BAKEN

Los Angeles