The Morris worm or Internet worm of November 2, 1988 was one of the first computer worms distributed via the Internet. It was written by a student at Cornell University, Robert Tappan Morris, and launched on November 2, 1988 from MIT.
“My Dad is in the NSA.” Unfortunately for Robert, that wasn’t an all-purpose, control-reset, don’t even look at me, excuse back in 1988.