Picture Me Coding

Disconnect from the Internet: the Morris Worm Is Out of Control! (A True Crime story!)

November 15, 2023 Erik Aker and Mike Mull Season 1 Episode 14
Picture Me Coding
Disconnect from the Internet: the Morris Worm Is Out of Control! (A True Crime story!)
Show Notes

This week on the 35th anniversary of the infamous Morris Worm, Mike and Erik look back at this sensational true crime story. Computers will be disconnected from the internet and wiped clean! Network switches may be rigged to explode!

The Morris Worm was the first widespread hack that propagated itself independently from user actions and it paved the way for the botnets of today.

Music we were listening to this week: Dawn FM by The Weeknd, Water Made Us by Jamila Woods, and No Love Lost by Year of the Knife.

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