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Top 5 Famous Computer Hackers: From Conficker to the First Computer Virus

April 1 is the day the Conficker computer worm was supposed to do something terrible to millions of computers running Microsoft Windows -- though engineers were at a loss to say just what that something was. So what happened? If your computer lets you read this story, we can presume it's not a smoldering wreck. But somewhere in cyberspace, some hacker, or hackers, created Conficker, and they're still out there. So are others. What's a Hacker Anyway? Merriam-Webster has multiple...Full Story
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