The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Morris worm">Morris worm</a>, the first Internet-distributed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Computer worm">computer worm</a> to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" id="mwARY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</a>.<sup about="#mwt175" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-33"}}' id="cite_ref-33" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_2#cite_note-33" id="mwARc" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 33;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARg">[33]</span></a></sup>
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