The Week That Was: The struggle to stay secure online


  • TECH
  • Monday, 22 Jul 2019

From left: Team Secret PUBG mobile players BiuBiu and Alex, Maxis brand and marketing head Tai Kam Leong, Team Secret CEO John Yao and other team members SinBN and Stewart9k. ­— Maxis

It was a week to remember the man responsible for the password – Fernando Corbato – who is credited with inventing it in the 1960s.

The American computer scientist passed away on July 12 at the age of 93 in his nursing home in Massachusetts, United States, due to diabetes-related complications.

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