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Before Bitcoin and cyber gangs: the bizarre experiment that sparked ransomware 36 years ago | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware - National Cyber Security Consulting
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Before Bitcoin and cyber gangs: the bizarre experiment that sparked ransomware 36 years ago | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware - National Cyber Security Consulting
In 1989, the concept of data hijacking for money was completely unknown. However, that year everything changed with Joseph L. Popp Jr., an evolutionary biologist with ties to the WHO who sent around 20,000 floppy disks to researchers and healthcare professionals in over 90 countries. The content appeared to be an informative questionnaire aimed at […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed! The post Before Bitcoin and cyber gangs: the bizarre…
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