A graduate student at Cornell University, Robert Morris developed the first computer worm.
According to his own statements, he wanted to capture the size of the
Internet. After he set the software on November 2, 1988 free, he
infected 6,000 computers -which were then about 10 percent of
Internet-connected computers.
Due to a
programming error, the worm multiplied excessively and made sure that
many computers were overloaded. 1989, Morris was the first to be
convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.
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