It was post-dot-com bubble and post-Worldcom implosion, and the so-called “telecom winter” was dragging on. In the early 2000s, the communications industry had, in a word, been economically decapitated, and companies were struggling to find a new path to innovation and technology enablement that left old-world ideas behind. Against this backdrop the first tendrils of the web 2.0 economy began to flourish – and with it, came cyber-risks that had never been seen before.


https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/worms-and-wildly-insecure-software-the-untold/
It was post-dot-com bubble and post-Worldcom implosion, and the so-called “telecom winter” was dragging on. In the early 2000s, the communications industry had, in a word, been economically decapitated, and companies were struggling to find a new path to innovation and technology enablement that left old-world ideas behind. Against this backdrop the first tendrils of the web 2.0 economy began to flourish – and with it, came cyber-risks that had never been seen before.
Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:13:00 GMT
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/worms-and-wildly-insecure-software-the-untold/

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