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When hackers attack: Five famous computer viruses – Metro.co.uk

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This virus was written in 1971 – before the concept of a computer virus even existed – by Bob Thomas, and is widely credited as the first example of a self-replicating computer virus (though not the first MS-DOS virus …
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Famous hacker suddenly finds himself infamous, in some quarters (Sam Stanton/Sacramento Bee)

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Sam Stanton / Sacramento Bee:
Famous hacker suddenly finds himself infamous, in some quarters  —  On Thursday afternoon, Adrian Lamo sat quietly in the corner of a Starbucks inside the Carmichael Safeway, tapping on a laptop that requires his thumbprint to turn on and answering his cell phone.

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