Home›Security And Privacy›Highest Honour›Turing AwardBrowse ByTuring AwardFactsTuring AwardSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1971 CE 1Turing AwardFilter Results7 entriesFieldAllApplied Cryptography (7)BornAll1944 (1)1945 (2)1947 (1)1952 (1)1954 (1)1959 (1)NationalityAllIsrael (2)United States (6)GroupAllApplied Cryptography (7)ACM AreaAllAlgorithms and Complexity Theory (1)Cryptography (6)Information Security (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7Adi ShamirTuring AwardLeonard AdlemanTuring AwardMartin HellmanTuring AwardRon RivestTuring AwardShafi GoldwasserTuring AwardSilvio MicaliTuring AwardWhitfield DiffieTuring AwardSources1. 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.