The Associated Press reports on Rich Skrenta, who, in 1978 at the age of 15, created the first unofficial computer virus: “Elk Cloner”, a boot sector virus for the Apple II. The article points out that the virus was one of the first to spread uncontrollably, continuing to infect people, including even Gulf War soldier in the early Nineties: “(Why that sailor was still using an Apple II, Skrenta does not know).” (What else would you trust to have in a foxhole with you?)

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