THE BEGINNING OF CONNECTIVITY AND VIRUSES

The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ( ARPANET ) became the first connectivity network developed prior to the internet itself .

Engineer Bob Thomas created a program that could move between the Tenex terminals on ARPANET , called Creeper . The code printed the message , “ I ’ M THE CREEPER : CATCH ME IF YOU CAN .” across the network . Not at all prophetic …

THE FIRST HACKER WAS A TEENAGER

Kevin Mitnick was just 16 years old when he hacked The Ark – a massive system that was used for developing operating systems . It was located at the Digital Equipment Corporation – a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s .

Mitnick was arrested and jailed over the incident , becoming the first of numerous cyber attackers to infiltrate commerce over the coming decades .

CYBER ATTACKS BECOME ‘ A THING ’

THE CYBERSECURITY INDUSTR AND HAS BECOME A CRITICAL

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With the advent of cyber attacks present , the 80s signalled the start of numerous problems for computer networks . High-profile attacks taking place in this decade included AT & T , the Los Alamos National Laboratory , and National CSS .

In 1983 , terms were coined to describe the attacks , including “ computer virus ” and “ Trojan Horse ”, the latter in reference to the Greek Trojan War .