Timeline Thursday 19 July 2001

Events on Thursday 19 July 2001 2

• 2001 Code Red worm spreads across the internet Self-replicating attack hits web servers In July 2001 the Code Red worm exploited a flaw in Microsoft's IIS web server software, infecting hundreds of thousands of machines within days and defacing pages with the text Hacked by Chinese. It also directed denial-of-service traffic at a White House address. It was among the first worms to draw sustained mainstream coverage.
• 2001 G8 summit protests in Genoa Protester Carlo Giuliani shot dead The G8 summit in Genoa in July 2001 drew around 200,000 anti-globalisation demonstrators and heavy policing. On 20 July the protester Carlo Giuliani was shot dead by a carabiniere, the first fatality at such a protest in Western Europe. A night raid on a school used by activists led to convictions of police years later.