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Understanding the rise of AI-powered, identity-based cyberthreats
On November 2, 1988, Robert Morris, a 23-year-old computer science graduate, inadvertently changed the course of the digital age. What began as an innocent experiment quickly spiraled out of control when his self-replicating computer worm propagated at an astonishing rate, crippling systems across some of America’s most prestigious colleges and organizations.