Flashback! The Morris Worm (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

Remember this one? The Morris Worm, from 1988 (found through Reddit).

I remember reading about this horrible situation in Clifford Stoll's The Cuckoo's egg. Back in 1988 this run-away worm/virus brought most of the Internet to a standstill. At the time the Internet was of course much smaller than what we now know, but it was still a memorable occasion.

Film at eleven!



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