EPISODE · Jul 19, 2025 · 20 MIN
Episode 112: A history of Cyberattacks
from The Y in History · host Ajay Kaul
The first computer virus is believed to have been used in 1969 at the University of Washington Computer Center. A person who has never been named installed a program that came to be known as "RABBITS Virus" on one of the computers. The program began replicating itself until it overwhelmed the computer causing it to shut down. Over the years, the scale and sophistication of cyber attacks has increased and with the advent of AI, digital criminals have jumped on the AI bandwagon and become more lethal.
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Episode 112: A history of Cyberattacks
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