Trivia question: which computer/platform was hit by the very first worm attack?*
eWeek has an interesting history of the computer worm. Ah, yes, the infamous "I Love You" worm of 1999. I knew there was a problem when I turned on the computer one morning and there were five e-mails from a Cygnus VP with the subject line "I Love You." If they had instead said "I Want to Lay You Off" or "I Will Cut Your Pay" or "I Am the Spawn of Satan," I probably wouldn't have thought anything of it.
*The Apple II, which was hit in 1982.
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