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The worm that broke the internet

Even before the World Wide Web came into existence, there was Morris worm — one of the first computer worms that the internet ever saw. Created by Robert Tappan Morris, then a student, it changed the landscape of networking like never before. A.S.Ganesh wriggles his way through this story to hand you the best bits…

The worm that broke the internet

We haven't written up this one. The Hindu - Sci-Tech has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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