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That day our tech chief at the time came running and told us about the worm, and that apparently our country managed to avoid it because the news spread quickly
by Tor3 11mo ago
That day our tech chief at the time came running and told us about the worm, and that apparently our country managed to avoid it because the news spread quickly enough that one guy simply unplugged the whole country from the Internet - there was only a single connection back then. (!)
- pyuser583 11mo agoWhich country?
- jhellan 11mo agoCould have been more, but Norway was one. https://snl.no/Pål_Spilling#:~:text=Da%20Spilling%20kuttet%20forbindelsen,-Spilling%20kuttet%20forbindelsen&text=I%201988%20bredte%20den%20såkalte,enn%206000%20maskiner%20blitt%20infisert. https://snl.no/Pål_Spilling#:~:text=Da%20Spilling%20kuttet%2...
- Tor3 11mo agoYes, that's the one.