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I had never heard of that, thank you so much for many cozy winter reading sessions.
by anc84 11y ago
I had never heard of that, thank you so much for many cozy winter reading sessions.
- joezydeco 11y agoThis is one of my favorite nuggets in the digest, it's from November 1988. It's Clifford Stoll writing at 3:45 am about his discovery of the Morris Worm. The Morris Worm was literally the first internet virus captured in the wild. http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/7.69.html#subj1 http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/7.69.html#subj1 Warning - this one email will lead you to multiple rabbit holes (Stoll, The Cuckoo's Egg, Robert Morris, etc). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm
- randlet 11y agoThe Cuckoo's Egg is a really fun read!