With microscope and tweezers: the worm from MIT's perspective

1 June 1989

journal article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM

Vol. 32 (6) , 689-698
https://doi.org/10.1145/63526.63528

Abstract

The actions taken by a group of computer scientists at MIT during the worm invasion represents a study of human response to a crisis. The authors also relate the experiences and reactions of other groups throughout the country, especially in terms of how they interacted with the MIT team.

Keywords

MICROSCOPE
TWEEZERS
WORM
INVASION
CRISIS
SCIENTISTS
TAKEN
TEAM
MIT'S PERSPECTIVE

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

The internet worm program: an analysis
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 1989