2017/05 : "The WannaCry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency." (Wikipedia)
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2014/12 : Dan Farmer had written COPS, "a very early, if not the earliest, vulnerability scanner". He also writes several "tools, papers, and work on improving Internet and *nix security".
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