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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.