I was an intern at IBM at the time, at a site that was fortunate to have internet access. I remember people being annoyed because the security people severed al

I was an intern at IBM at the time, at a site that was fortunate to have internet access. I remember people being annoyed because the security people severed all internet gateways. A good technical article is "With Microscope and Tweezers: An Analysis of the Internet Virus of November 1988" [1] which was published soonafter. [1] http://www.mit.edu/people/eichin/virus/main.html http://www.mit.edu/people/eichin/virus/main.html