Morris Worm

nounid 3300·updated May 9, 2026

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A worm program written by Robert T. Morris, Jr. that flooded the ARPANET in November, 1988, causing problems for thousands of hosts.

MWE

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Threat90%rule-basedr:entity.threat.attack.v1

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SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →

§1: A worm program written by Robert T. Morris, Jr. that flooded the ARPANET in November, 1988, causing problems for thousands of hosts.

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§1 · legacy_primary: A worm program written by Robert T. Morris, Jr. that flooded the ARPANET in November, 1988, causing problems for thousands of hosts.
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