Word: computerizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The younger Morris apparently created the virus as an experiment, intending that it would slowly copy itself across Arpanet, resting harmlessly in thousands of computers. But a tiny mistake in the programming reportedly caused the virus to replicate much more rapidly than planned. Otherwise, Morris' program was an impressive piece...
The outbreak sent computer scientists scrambling to halt its spread. Russell Brand, who works for California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, was one of the first to spot the problem. A quick survey of the lab's 400 machines showed that several computers had already been infected and that the...
Other computer centers had better luck. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., alerted to the problem by colleagues at Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., immediately "guillotined" their computers from the network to keep from getting hit. As a preventive measure, Maryland's Goddard Space Flight Center shut...
By week's end the contagion was largely contained. Defense Department officials were quick to point out that no data had been lost, no files destroyed, and none of the Government's most sensitive computer operations -- systems that do everything from gather intelligence to launch missiles -- had been compromised. But...
The feeding frenzy is making some financial experts nervous about the growing degree of corporate debt. In a whimsical proposal for the biggest takeover of all, James Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, has outlined a strategy for a $115 billion leveraged buyout of IBM. But could Big...