German mathematician John von Neumann (famous for major contributions to economics, such as game theory) first theorized the concept in the late 1940s. The idea of a computer virus preceded computer networks. You can also share your feedback with us on Twitter. If you think we missed an important fact (or didn’t get something quite right), please let us know. You can read the first in the series here, and the second here. This is the third in a series of posts featuring information about interesting historical events in cybersecurity. Each month features significant events in cybersecurity. In fact, we created a History of Cybersecurity 2019 Calendar to share our research. But it was another 30 years before someone created one.Īt Exabeam, as people who live and breathe cybersecurity, we’re naturally fascinated by its history.

He envisioned a computer virus as an automatically self-replicating entity. German mathematician John von Neumann (famous for major contributions to economics, such as game theory) first theorized the concept in the late 1940s. Read about the first computer virus that preceded computer networks, called the Creeper.

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