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Arpanet network to the Internet launched
The first ARPANET message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford Research Institute. Based on packet switching and dynamic resource allocation, the sharing of information digitally from this first node -
Early versions of TCP/IP protocols developed
Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, two Internet pioneers, published “A Protocol for Packet Network Interconnection.” This paper describes the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) -
First personal computer modem connected
The Hayes 80-130A, was designed by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington. The device allowed computer users to connect directly to their phone lines to create a personal network, something never experienced before. -
The Morris worm attack
First major computer worm attack was the first to gain significant mainstream media attention. It resulted in the first felony conviction in the US under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. -
World Wide Web went public
The first ever public web page,Berners-Lee published this. Fittingly, the site was about the World Wide Web project, describing the Web and how to use it. -
Internet became widely commercialized
Following the first secure Internet transactions, 1995 is often considered the first year the web became commercialized. The internet broke. -
Major encryption vulnerability impacts accounts on millions of sites
Attackers could send multiple attacks and read multiple batches of 64 KB data. -
2024 internet users
There are 5.35 billion people using the internet in 2024, equating to 66.2 percent of the world's total population.