Malware: Wading Through the Jargon
March 30, 2006Wednesday, 29 March 2006 13:23 EST
Robert Morris, son of a computer security expert for the National Security Agency, sent malicious code through ARPANET, affecting about 10% of the connected computer hosts. The code reproduced itself and filtered through network computers; consequently, the size of the files filled computers' memories, thus disabling numerous machines.
Source: http://www.it-observer.com/