The dude that created AOL was a hacker
RedLocks Reviewed by RedLocks on . first computer virus Prank starts 25 years of security woes - Yahoo! News NEW YORK - What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus. Although over the next 25 years, Skrenta started the online news business Topix, helped launch a collaborative Web directory now owned by Time Warner Inc.'s Netscape and wrote countless other computer Rating: 5