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How the first botnet changed the Internet forever

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No, Reddit didn’t just ban half the Internet

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How a guy riding a chicken became an overnight street art sensation

Val Kilmer once tickled Lou Reed

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<p>Lorraine Murphy is an Ottawa-based cybersecurity journalist and founding editor of the Cryptosphere. She has a keen interest in WikiLeaks and web culture, and her bylines have appeared in Salon, Vanity Fair, Serious Eats, and elsewhere.</p>


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