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* [[Chronology of Events - Pre-1700]]
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* [[Chronology of Events - 1700s]]
 
* [[Chronology of Events - 1800s]]
  
* [[Chronology of Events - 1800s]]
 
* [[Chronology of Events - 1900-1930s]]
  
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* [[Chronology of Events - 1990s]]
  
* [[Chronology of Events - 1990s]]
 
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== 2010 ==
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'''2010''' &mdash; [[Stuxnet]], considered the first weaponized [[malware]] because of its targeted nature, disrupts centrifuges in Iran used for uranium enrichment.
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'''2010''' &mdash; The [[U.S. Cyber Command]] goes operational.
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'''2010''' &mdash; [[Google]] launches a self-driving vehicle project.
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'''January 27, 2010''' &mdash; Apple introduces the [[iPad]].
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'''March 16, 2010''' &mdash; The [[Federal Communications Commission]] issues its [[Broadband Plan]].
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'''November 5, 2010''' &mdash; [[U.S. Cyber Command]] goes operational.
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'''2011''' &mdash; The [[Federal Communications Commission]]'s [[Network Neutrality rules]] go into effect.
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'''2011''' &mdash; The [[IPv6]] launches, providing 2<sup>128</sup> [[IP address]]es.
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'''February 16, 2011''' &mdash; Watson, an [[IBM]] [[supercomputer]], beats the two best human Jeopardy players.
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''' 2012 ''' &mdash; The [[National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace]] launches an initiative for a [[digital]] [[identity]] [[ecosystem]] to make [[online transaction]]s more [[secure]] and enable more government and economic activity on the [[Internet]].
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'''June 30, 2012''' &mdash; France terminates [[Minitel]].
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'''August 5, 2012''' &mdash; The [[spacecraft]] Curiosity lands on Mars.
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''' August 25, 2012''' &mdash; The Voyager 1 spacecraft (launched in 1977) enters interstellar space.
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''' October 4, 2012''' &mdash; [[Facebook]] has 1 billion [[user]]s.
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''' October 12, 2012''' &mdash; Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warns that America is open to the [[threat]] of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor" that could "be just as destructive as the [[terrorist attack]] of 9/11."
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'''June 2013''' &mdash; [[Edward Snowden]], a former [[systems administrator]] at the [[NSA]], allegedly reveals [[document]]s showing that the United States conducted [[cyberespionage]] against U.S. citizens and foreign governments.
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'''June 2013''' &mdash; The United States and Russia sign a "cyber pact," which establishes [[communications]] hotlines between the two countries in the event of a crisis in [[cyberspace]].
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'''January 14, 2014''' &mdash; The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns the [[FCC]]'s [[Open Internet rules]].
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'''2016''' &mdash; The first [[reprogrammable]] [[quantum computer]] is created.
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Latest revision as of 22:13, 14 September 2017

The following is a chronological listing of significant events in the development of the field of Information Technology law from 2010 to the present. For other time periods see:


2010[]

2010 — Stuxnet, considered the first weaponized malware because of its targeted nature, disrupts centrifuges in Iran used for uranium enrichment.

2010 — The U.S. Cyber Command goes operational.

2010 — Google launches a self-driving vehicle project.

January 27, 2010 — Apple introduces the iPad.

March 16, 2010 — The Federal Communications Commission issues its Broadband Plan.

November 5, 2010 — U.S. Cyber Command goes operational.

2011[]

2011 — The Federal Communications Commission's Network Neutrality rules go into effect.

2011 — The IPv6 launches, providing 2128 IP addresses.

February 16, 2011 — Watson, an IBM supercomputer, beats the two best human Jeopardy players.

2012[]

2012 — The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace launches an initiative for a digital identity ecosystem to make online transactions more secure and enable more government and economic activity on the Internet.

June 30, 2012 — France terminates Minitel.

August 5, 2012 — The spacecraft Curiosity lands on Mars.

August 25, 2012 — The Voyager 1 spacecraft (launched in 1977) enters interstellar space.

October 4, 2012 — Facebook has 1 billion users.

October 12, 2012 — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warns that America is open to the threat of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor" that could "be just as destructive as the terrorist attack of 9/11."

2013[]

June 2013 — Edward Snowden, a former systems administrator at the NSA, allegedly reveals documents showing that the United States conducted cyberespionage against U.S. citizens and foreign governments.

June 2013 — The United States and Russia sign a "cyber pact," which establishes communications hotlines between the two countries in the event of a crisis in cyberspace.

2014[]

January 14, 2014 — The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns the FCC's Open Internet rules.

2015[]

2016[]

2016 — The first reprogrammable quantum computer is created.

2017[]

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