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Wikipedia says the Morris worm went out on 1998 Nov 2. No idea why they would publish the article on 2025 Nov 4 with that title.
by canucker2016 1y ago
Wikipedia says the Morris worm went out on 1998 Nov 2. No idea why they would publish the article on 2025 Nov 4 with that title.
- krustyburger 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm 1988
- canucker2016 1y agoA quick search shows: - a github repo containing "the original, de-compiled source code for the Morris Worm" - see https://github.com/agiacalone/morris-worm-malware https://github.com/agiacalone/morris-worm-malware - a high level report about the worm - see https://www.ee.torontomu.ca/~elf/hack/internet-worm.html https://www.ee.torontomu.ca/~elf/hack/internet-worm.html
- nilamo 1y agoBoth of those agree that is was '88...
- mlyle 1y agoI think his question was whether it was Nov 2 or Nov 4...
- cgriswald 1y agoI strongly suspect 1998 was a typo by OP and he was actually pointing out the discrepancy between 2 Nov and 4 Nov WRT “this day”. However the article has been updated so only the HN title has this flaw.
- IvyMike 1y agoSounds like the type of mistake I always make: Notice someone being off by two days, and in haste, post a correction that is off by ten years.
- giantrobot 1y agoWith that username you don't even need to be all that close to get the job done.
- mmooss 1y agoThe article is from a somewhat reliable source; Wikipedia is not a reliable source (by Wikipedia's own rules). Maybe you should use the article to update Wikipedia?