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[ NNSquad ] How a grad student trying to build the first botnet brought the Internet [sic] to its knees
How a grad student trying to build the first botnet brought the Internet [sic] to its knees http://j.mp/16sIqZF (Washington Post) On November 3, 1988, 25 years ago this Sunday, people woke up to find the Internet had changed forever. The night before, someone had released a malevolent computer program on the fledgling computer network. By morning, thousands of computers had become clogged with numerous copies of a computer "worm," a program that spread from computer to computer much like a biological infection. - - - I remember this day in 1988 very well. But really, this was an ARPANET worm at that time, and I'm disappointed to see that ARPANET was not mentioned even once in this story. A bit of sloppiness by the Post, at the least. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad