Amaya Toman With the start of a new week comes another installment of our regular series on major tech events. This time we recall the release of the so-called Morriss worm in 1988 and the split of Hewlett-Packard into two separate companies in 2015.
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The Morriss Worm (1988)
On November 2, 1988, the then 1986-year-old Cornell University student Robert Tappan Morris released one of the first computer worms, which later became known as the Morris worm or the Internet worm. The event is considered to be one of the first threats to garner much media attention for its time. Morris also became the first person in history to be indicted in the United States for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of XNUMX, which deals with the misuse of computer technology and related fraudulent activity. However, Morris stated that the worm he created was not intended for destructive purposes, but to measure the number of computers connected to the Internet.
Hewlett-Packard Division (2015)
Hewlett-Packard split into two on November 2, 2015. The two separate businesses were called HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The first named was responsible for the production and sale of personal computers and printers. Meg Whitman took over the leadership of the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise branch, who several years before the division of the company began to implement a number of drastic personnel and organizational steps. Offshoots of HP Inc. for a change, Dion Weisler was in charge, who had previous experience from companies such as Acer and Lenovo.
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Other events not only from the world of technology
- The Smíchovské nádraží – Florenc section was opened on line B of the Prague metro (1985)
- International Space Station (ISS) receives first permanent crew (2000)
- The last batch of data from the Phoenix spacecraft arrived from Mars (2008)
