View on Cyberspace
George worked in the Hong Kong office of a large U.S. company. On the 8th of May, at about two o?clock, he received an email that came with an attachment labeled ?Love-Letter-For-You. The mail seemed innocuous enough that George opened it immediately without thinking. The subject line read, ?I love you?. George thought, ?Oh, how nice! I got a love letter.? When he clicked the ?open? button, his computer crushed. The attached file on the ?I-love-you? mail was later verified to carry a highly destructive virus that could infect the world?s computers. People named the virus the ?love bug?. The night of May 8th, the mail spread overnight around the world and causing billions of dollars in damage. This trouble happened all on the Internet. How exactly does that happen? What kind of power does the Internet have that can destroy the entire world?s computer systems? The Internet is a matrix of networks that connects computers around the world. It enables computer networks to make on-line communications. People do research, send and receive e-mails, chat and exchange ideas with others on the Internet. According to Time magazine, as of 1998, the Internet had more than 100 million users worldwide, and th
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Approximate Word count = 1125
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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