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Re:This Day in 1988, the Morris worm infected 10% of the Int... by Tor3 on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @03:28PM (#45815532)
That day our tech chief at the time came running and told us about the worm, and that apparently our country managed to avoid it because the news spread quickly enough that one guy simply unplugged the whole country from the Internet - there was only a single connection back then. (!)
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Re:This Day in 1988, the Morris worm infected 10% of the Int... by pyuser583 on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @10:43PM (#45818750)
Which country?
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Re:This Day in 1988, the Morris worm infected 10% of the Int... by jhellan on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @01:07AM (#45819779)
Could have been more, but Norway was one.

https://snl.no/Pål_Spilling#:~:text=Da%20Spilling%20kuttet%2...

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Re:This Day in 1988, the Morris worm infected 10% of the Int... by Tor3 on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @02:14AM (#45820242)
Yes, that's the one.
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