Worm: The First Digital World War
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Worm: The First Digital World War is a nonfiction book by Mark Bowden that chronicles the Conficker computer worm and its global implications for cybersecurity and digital warfare.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Worm: The First Digital World War canonical | 2 |
| The First Digital World War | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10972272 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Worm: The First Digital World War Context triple: [Mark Bowden, notableWork, Worm: The First Digital World War]
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A.
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution is a seminal 1984 non-fiction book by Steven Levy that chronicles the early computer hacker subculture and articulates the influential "hacker ethic" of creativity, freedom, and open access to information.
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B.
The Interne
The Interne is a novel by Harlem Renaissance writer Wallace Thurman that explores the experiences and challenges of a young Black medical intern in early 20th-century America.
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C.
Cyber Rodeo
Cyber Rodeo was a large-scale launch celebration and public event hosted by Tesla to mark the opening of its Gigafactory Texas near Austin.
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D.
Revenge of the Hackers
Revenge of the Hackers is an essay by open-source advocate Eric S. Raymond that chronicles the rise of the open-source movement and the cultural shift it brought to the software industry.
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E.
The Hacker’s Choice
The Hacker’s Choice is a well-known security research and hacking collective recognized for creating influential penetration-testing tools and publishing information on network and system vulnerabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Worm: The First Digital World War Target entity description: Worm: The First Digital World War is a nonfiction book by Mark Bowden that chronicles the Conficker computer worm and its global implications for cybersecurity and digital warfare.
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A.
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution is a seminal 1984 non-fiction book by Steven Levy that chronicles the early computer hacker subculture and articulates the influential "hacker ethic" of creativity, freedom, and open access to information.
-
B.
The Interne
The Interne is a novel by Harlem Renaissance writer Wallace Thurman that explores the experiences and challenges of a young Black medical intern in early 20th-century America.
-
C.
Cyber Rodeo
Cyber Rodeo was a large-scale launch celebration and public event hosted by Tesla to mark the opening of its Gigafactory Texas near Austin.
-
D.
Revenge of the Hackers
Revenge of the Hackers is an essay by open-source advocate Eric S. Raymond that chronicles the rise of the open-source movement and the cultural shift it brought to the software industry.
-
E.
The Hacker’s Choice
The Hacker’s Choice is a well-known security research and hacking collective recognized for creating influential penetration-testing tools and publishing information on network and system vulnerabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| about |
emerging nature of cyberwarfare
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impact of malware on global networks ⓘ limitations of existing cybersecurity defenses ⓘ role of private experts in national security ⓘ |
| author | Mark Bowden ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
challenges of attribution in cyberattacks
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coordination between governments and private sector ⓘ difficulties of international cyber law enforcement ⓘ spread of the Conficker worm ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Conficker Working Group
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Microsoft Windows security vulnerabilities ⓘ collaboration between security researchers ⓘ global response to Conficker ⓘ vulnerabilities in the Domain Name System ⓘ |
| genre |
cybersecurity literature
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narrative nonfiction ⓘ technology writing ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
computer worms
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cyber threat intelligence ⓘ information security policy ⓘ malware ⓘ network security ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Conficker computer worm
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botnets ⓘ computer security incident response ⓘ cybercrime ⓘ cybersecurity ⓘ digital warfare ⓘ internet infrastructure ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
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print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed narrative of the Conficker incident
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popularizing awareness of large-scale cyber threats ⓘ |
| publisher |
Atlantic Monthly Press
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linked to:
The Atlantic Monthly Press
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| setIn |
global
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internet ⓘ
linked to:
the internet
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| subtitle |
The First Digital World War
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linked to:
Worm: The First Digital World War
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| timePeriodCovered |
Conficker outbreak of 2008–2009
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late 2000s ⓘ |
| title | Worm: The First Digital World War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Worm: The First Digital World War Description of subject: Worm: The First Digital World War is a nonfiction book by Mark Bowden that chronicles the Conficker computer worm and its global implications for cybersecurity and digital warfare.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Worm: The First Digital World War