# Chris Pile

> Christopher Pile is a programmer who was sentenced, on November 15, 1995, to 18 months in jail for creating and spreading two computer viruses called Pathogen and Queeg. While Pile was not the first person convicted for creating and spreading computer viruses, his case was the first "widely covered and published computer crime case that ended in a jail sentence" as well as the first such case to be prosecuted in England and Wales.

*British computer programmer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/chris-pile

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Born:** 1969
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Christopher Pile is a programmer who was sentenced, on November 15, 1995, to 18 months in jail for creating and spreading two computer viruses called Pathogen and Queeg. While Pile was not the first person convicted for creating and spreading computer viruses, his case was the first "widely covered and published computer crime case that ended in a jail sentence" as well as the first such case to be prosecuted in England and Wales.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 37.0
- **Momentum:** 3.6

## Sources
- [Chris Pile (programmer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pile_(programmer))
- [Chris Pile (Programmierer)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pile_(Programmierer))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5107770)

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