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Morris Worm
In 1988 a student at Cornell Univeristy in the USA, Robert Tappan Morris created a first computer worm trasmitted through the internet. -
Virus Melissa
In 1999 David L. Smith created a malware used social networks, causing damages to companies like Microsoft, Intel o Lucent Technologies. -
Hack the Nasa and Pentagon
In october of 1999 Jonathan James have access the computer of US Departament of Defense division and he was able yo steal a piece of Nasa software. -
Anna Kournikova(computer virus)
In 2001 Jan de Wit designed a virus that tricked email users with a picture of Ana that when opened was forwarded to the victim's contacts. -
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Hackers steal millions of credit cards
From 2005 to 2007 Albert Gonzalez and his accomplices used a SQL code infiltration method to hacked the payment card network.