The Department of Defense thought the Russians were attacking.
An MIT computer called PREP was the first to be penetrated. It was Nov. 2, 1988, and the time was approximately 8 p.m. Within hours and into the following morning, an estimated 10% of all machines connected to the Internet would crash, overloaded with several copies of a mysterious program
It wasn’t until a few days later that the source of the problem became clear: a computer worm — a program with the goal of widespread self-replication through theberk Internet — and the first of its kind. Saturday marks its 25th anniversary. Read more...
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