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One of the earliest form of the internet
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Robert Morris created a worm that slowed down the internets speed
The first attack in history occurred, Morris created a worm that slowed down the speed of the internet, initially all this was not designed to cause damage but to highlight security flaws. -
The first known ransomware attack
In the same year, the first ransomware attack occurred, used to extort money. Subsequently, a law was established in which it was forbidden to access the Internet in an unknown way. -
The release of Windows '98
With the creation of this operating system led to the release of a series of patches to improve the protection of the software. -
10 million Windows users were infected with a bug
10 million users were infected with the "I love you" bug. the attack consisted of an email message that activated a worm, then sent random files to the outlook. -
Anonymous was created
Anonymous is a hacker group composed of a vast network of users spread across the world who worked to protect the privacy of the common person. -
Church of Scientology website hack
The project was launched publicly in the form of a video posted to YouTube, "Message to Scientology," on January 21 2008. The video states that Anonymous views Scientology's actions as censorship of the Internet and affirms the group's intent to "expel the church from the Internet". -
Operation Aurora
Their aim is to unmask intelligence agents placed on US law enforcement watchlists. -
Yahoo large scale hack
It was one of the hacker attacks in history, billions of accounts were compromised, they managed to obtain a wide range of confidential information on users. -
WikiLeakes
Russian intelligence agency hackers released private documents contained in Democratic Committee e-mails. This event significantly influenced the American elections of that year.