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  1969

  The Arpanet Network

  Arpanet was the first network to run on packet switching technology (bleeding edge stuff at the time). In October 1969, remote computers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and at the Leland Stanford Junior University, California connected for the first time. In very real terms, they were the first hosts on what would one day become the Internet.

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  1989

  Sir Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.

  Tim graduated from Oxford University as a software engineer, with his first job being in Switzerland. In a document titled “Information Management: A Proposal”, Tim formally explained a vision for what would eventually become the world-wide Internet used today.

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  2007

  The Gameover ZeuS Botnet

  A peer-to-peer botnet based on components from the earlier ZeuS trojan, Gameover ZeuS was the first malware utilising cloud and MaaS. The malware was created by Russian hacker Evgeniy Bogachev and is believed to have been primarily spread through the infamous Cutwail botnet

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  2008

  The Beginning of Bitcoin

  The beginning of Bitcoin occurred in this year, specifically marked by the domain name bitcoin.org being registered. Later an entity known only as Satoshi Nakamoto produced a whitepaper on Bitcoin.

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  2011

  Iranian DDoS Attacks on U.S. Banks

  Unsealed in March 2016, the US publicised an indictment of seven Iranians they claimed were responsible for the DDoS attacks targeting financial institutions in the USA. Allegedly on behalf of the Iranian Government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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  2008

  Citibank ATM Theft

  Around January 2008, an (allegedly Russian) hacking group stole in excess of USD$2 million after breaching a network containing Citibank ATMs in New York City.

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  2015

  USD$3 trillion of damages

  Cybercrime inflicted about USD$3 trillion worth of damages across the world throughout the year 2015.

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  2016

  RS is founded

  Liam founded Reevo Solutions(RS) to help tackle emerging problems.

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  2022

  HiBH is launched

  The website Have I Been Hacked(HiBH) is launched on the reality of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web vision.

• The
  Future
  Is Now!

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11 Cyber Crime Facts

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-   Illegal data breaches across the globe exposed 36 billion records in the first 6 months of 2020.

-   The average cost of a company data breach is USD$3.86 million as of 2020.

-   Studies show that at least 64% of Americans have never checked to see if they've ever been affected by a data breach.

-   In 2020, a Twitter breach targeted 130 accounts, resulting in attackers swindling $121,000 in Bitcoin.

-   In 2017, 147.9 million consumers were affected by the Equifax Breach (this cost the company USD$4 billion).

-   In 2013, an astonishing 3 billion Yahoo email accounts were hacked and data published.

-   The WannaCry ransomware attack cost the National Health Service (NHS) over USD$100 million.

-   More than 93% of healthcare organisations experienced a data breach in the past three years.

-   The average cost of a financial services data breach is approximately USD$5.85 million.

-   Annual damage related costs from cyber crime is projected to pass USD$10.5 trillion in 2025.

-   During the month of April 2020 alone, almost 1 million Zoom accounts were fully compromised and sold on the dark web.

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