Tag: Computer virus
British scientist becomes first human to become infected with a computer virus
Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics scientist at the University of Reading, has become the world's first human to become infected with a computer virus. Gasson has an RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip implanted into his wrist, and deliberately infected it with…
Harry Potter virus spreads
MUGGLES beware – there's a Harry Potter computer virus spreading out there. The clever worm is being fuelled by eager fans desperate to find out the ending of JK Rowling's final book, out on July 21. When it's opened, the…