On a seemingly ordinary day in May 2000, a single email with the subject line "ILOVEYOU" began to wreak havoc across the globe. What started as a simple message soon spiraled into one of the most infamous cyber attacks in history. But what was it about this email that led to such widespread destruction, and who was behind it?
The creator of this digital disaster was not a seasoned hacker, but rather a 24-year-old college dropout from the Philippines named Onel de Guzman. Struggling to afford dial-up internet access, which he believed was a basic human right, Guzman found himself frustrated by the barriers to connectivity. In his undergraduate thesis, he proposed creating a virus that would gather internet login details to bypass these barriers. However, his college rejected the idea, stating that they "did not produce burglars.
" This rejection did not deter Guzman—instead, it fueled his determination.
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