Home›Security And Privacy›Highest Honour›National Medal of ScienceBrowse ByNational Medal of ScienceFactsNational Medal of ScienceSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1971 CE 1National Medal of ScienceFilter Results1 entryFieldAllHuman and Societal Aspects of Security and Privacy (1)BornAll1958 (1)NationalityAllUnited States (1)GroupAllHuman and Societal Aspects of Security and Privacy (1)ACM AreaAllCryptography (1)Distributed Computing (1)Show ResultsCynthia DworkNational Medal of ScienceSources1. Wikipedia: Computer securitytier 2WikipediaComputer security, History section, pioneer subcategory useQuote, Computer security, History section, pioneer subcategory useOne of the earliest examples of an attack on a computer network was the computer worm Creeper written by Bob Thomas at BBN, which propagated through the ARPANET in 1971.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.