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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

This Day in 1988, the Morris worm infected 10% of the Internet within 24 hours

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/on-this-day-in-1988-the-morris-worm-slithered-out-and-sparked-a-new-era-in-cybersecurity-10-percent-of-the-internet-was-infected-within-24-hours

#HackerNews #MorrisWorm #CyberSecurity #InternetHistory #1988 #TechNews #VirusAlert

On this day in 1988, the Morris worm infected 10% of the Internet within 24 hours — worm slithered out and sparked a new era in cybersecurity

The Internet contracted worms a year before the World Wide Web was even a thing.

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