Watch People in 1988 Freak Out Over The World’s First Computer Worm
A rogue computer program broke loose and spread uncontrollably. By the end of its rampage, the virus conquered a full ten percent of the world’s internet-connected machines. An unfathomable 6,000 computers had crashed. Twenty-five years ago today, the Morris worm’s path of destruction began. As it turned out, the damage was unintentional — Robert Morris,…
