In the past, not long ago, the year 1999 was a year full of dreams, hopes and nightmares of what will meet us all in 2000 and forward. Some said that all computers in the world would crash...mhm. Some even said that the world would be blowing into pieces and the humanmankind would be doomed.
Today 2008 only 1 day from 2009 it's 10 years since 1999 and as long as there have been phone lines, there have been people who have tried to turn them to their advantage. Click HERE if you dare to see the past of hacking and computer crimes.
How did the news see the hacker war in the future?
December 30, 1999
Web posted at: 1:13 p.m. EST (1813 GMT)
by Douglas F. Gray
BERLIN (IDG) -- In a sign of how wars will be fought in the future, this year's conflict in Serbia relied on using technology to a new extent. In addition to being fought with weapons, it was fought with information.
In the future, it will be this type of "information warfare" that will make it difficult to figure out if countries are even at war with each other, according to Frank Rieger, who follows the topic for hacker group Chaos Computer Club.
1999 Virus:- From the time the Morris worm struck the Internet until the onset of the Melissa virus, the Internet was relatively free from swift-moving, highly destructive "malware." The Melissa virus, however, was rapacious; damages have been estimated at nearly $400 million. It marked a turning point, being the first incident of its kind to affect the newly commercial Internet
1999 Operating systems
1999 File sharing
June, Napster is created by Shawn Fanning. Napster is the first peer-to-peer file sharing system, and allows users to make specific MP3 files available on their computers for others to download. Indexing and searching is performed on Napster servers. In December 1999 the first lawsuits are filed against Napster.In February 2001, Napster use would peak with 26.4 million users. In July 2001, Napster would shut down its network to comply with an injunction.
We are mow near year 2009, only hours and minutes before we will meet a new year of dreams, hopes. A new year with many things to come a new year with changes.
I wish you all a happy new year and I want many more cq's say thank you to you all for 2008.
