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began as a harmless joke in 1970 soon became the world's first cyberattack!
It gave crime-world its new niche, cyber-criminality. Since then,
cyber-attacks have evolved by using threats such as phishing attacks,
malware, ransomware etc.
Or according to a security magazine, hackers (cyber-criminals) attack every thirtynine
seconds on average. In short, cyber-crime is outnumbering other crimes in this
regard. Thus, the world, too, learned that the greater cyber-connectivity needs the
greatest cybersecurity.
And the cybersecurity industry had been evolved alongside the cybercrime industry.
Now, it is essential to understand their origin and history together as they race into
the future, to outpace each other.
The Origin and Brief History of Cyber-Criminality
In early 1970, a BBN Technology's engineer, Bob Thomas, created Creeper Code, a
software program that moved across the computers while displaying the message 'I
am the creeper: catch me if you can!'
It was a joke countered humorously by Bob's colleague Ray Tomlinson who created
Reaper Code, a program that would duplicate itself while travelling from one