Computer password inventor dies at 93

Updated July 16 2019 - 9:43am, first published 9:39am
Modern computer passwords can be traced back to CTSS, one of the world's first operating systems.
Modern computer passwords can be traced back to CTSS, one of the world's first operating systems.

Fernando Jose "Corby" Corbato, the US inventor of the password and a key figure in the development of personal computers, has died aged 93.

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