The Morris Worm (1988) #cyberhackers #cybersecurity #hackingcommunity

In 1988, a college student's experiment went horribly wrong, unleashing one of the first internet worms in history—the Morris Worm. This seemingly innocent code quickly spread across thousands of computers, causing massive disruptions and exposing vulnerabilities in the early internet. Learn how Robert Tappan Morris' creation accidentally crashed the web and led to the first conviction under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Dive into the story of the Morris Worm and its impact on cybersecurity.