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A Brief History of Computer Crime
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A Brief History of Computer Crime
In 1983, then-President Ronald Reagan screened the movie War Games at Camp David. He was alarmed by the movie’s premise—that someone could start a nuclear war with just a personal computer and a dial-up modem. When he asked Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, if that could happen, his reply was, “the problem is much worse than you think.” That exchange resulted in a series of new national security directives as we…
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