The History of Internet Security

By tscofield
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    The first steps of the internet.

    Mainframe computers make point-to-point contact; creating the first "internet"

  • The modern internet system we know today was born.

    The Computer Science Network is established and serves as the model for all subsequent designs of the internet that follow.

  • The first coalition of organized computer hackers

    A group called the Warelords, form a cadre of mostly teenage computer hackers, led by Black Bart, that used their skills to promote new games on public computers by force advertising on them.

  • First Major Finnacial Attack

    The First National Bank of Chicago is the victim of a virtual theft of 70 million dollars.

  • Commercialization of the Internet.

    ISP's finally begin to divide internet service on a pay-for-use basis.

  • 15 year old Croatian boy penetrates computers of a Guam U.S. Airforce base.

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    Countries continue to struggle to keep their security a priority.

    Countries, as well as private industries, are struggling to find defenses against penetrators, but the cat and mouse game continues to trudge on.