barns.blog » Security http://www.barns.co.za Richard Barnett's thoughts on Computing, Culture and Life Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:56:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Happy 20th Birthday Computer Security http://www.barns.co.za/security/happy-20th-birthday-computer-security http://www.barns.co.za/security/happy-20th-birthday-computer-security#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:57:48 +0000 Barns http://www.barns.co.za/?p=152 Twenty years ago today, a young Cornell University student named Robert Tappan Morris let loose the first widespread Worm on the Internet. In 1988, the Internet was considered a safe computing space and this event took down some 10 % of the 60,000 odd computers connected to it. It is reported to have been the event which lead to Computer Security being a big thing. Today Morris is an Associate Professor at MIT.

So, Happy 20th Birthday Morris Worm, and in a way, Happy 20th Birthday Computer Security. Read more at Network World.

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