1988 – The Morris Worm Incident: A Turning Point in Cybersecurity History
Imagine one day logging into your computer, expecting everything to run smoothly, but instead, it’s slow or unresponsive. In 1988, that happened to thousands of computers when a small piece of code brought them all to their knees. Robert T. Morris, a graduate student at Cornell, wrote a worm that accidentally became one of the … Continue reading “1988 – The Morris Worm Incident: A Turning Point in Cybersecurity History “
USAF Sperry 1160 Compromise: Insights into the 1988 San Antonio
Imagine a small network connecting only a few computers when the Internet was still new. One day, in 1988, that fragile system was hit by something no one saw coming. A worm that is now referred to as the Morris Worm infected and spread to computers all over the world. The USAF Sperry 1160 computer … Continue reading “USAF Sperry 1160 Compromise: Insights into the 1988 San Antonio”