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Re:Who Invented the Computer Virus? by maslam on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @08:49PM (#9229624)
I grew up in Lahore, Pakistan and knew Basit Alvi - he is a super smart guy who ran a modem-based ISP (BrainNET) long before we had high-speed Internet. He's a hacker at heart.
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Re:Who Invented the Computer Virus? by infosecpoke on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @09:52PM (#9229798)
Who does he now work for?
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Re:Who Invented the Computer Virus? by maslam on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @10:45PM (#9229960)
As the article mentioned, he runs one of the largest ISPs in Pakistan called BrainNET. At least that's what I remember.
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