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I was a teenager when this happened. RTM's worm probably started a number of security careers and brought career peak levels of excitement to many of the people
by alayne 14y ago
I was a teenager when this happened. RTM's worm probably started a number of security careers and brought career peak levels of excitement to many of the people involved with analysis. I remember being absolutely astonished that someone writing computer programs could cause such a commotion. Some people must have realized that it was a good thing that awareness was raised. I have a hard time putting much stock in the pretend damage estimates.
- brianberns 14y agoI was a college graduate with a degree in Computer Science and a dim awareness of the Internet. I remember being astonished to see an article about my esoteric field of work on the front page of the Washington Post, and wondered if maybe it wouldn't stay esoteric much longer.
- flomo 14y agoI'd just started college and witnessed some of the havoc. Suddenly the Internet was a big topic of discussion, at least among the engineering students, everyone wanted to get email addresses and so on. It suddenly was in everyone's consciousness, but it was another 2-3 years before you could easily get 'on' the Internet.