feb 9, 2000 - ILOVEYOU Worm
Description:
The ILOVEYOU worm appears. As of 2004 this was the most costly virus to businesses, causing upwards of 5.5 to 10 billion dollars in damages. The backdoor trojan to the worm, Barok, was created by Filipino programmer Onel de Guzman; it is not known who created the attack vector or who unleashed it.Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 9, 2000
Now
~ 26 years ago