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The beginning

 

Hello, my name is Mark, and I am writing this blog to document my journey into cybersecurity. My fascination with computers started at an early age with the original BBC computers in primary school, as time progressed, I learnt more about computers and started building my own PC’s and repairing laptops, it was a chance encounter when I was watching a documentary about the Stuxnet work that sparked my interest in cyber and ever since then I have been fascinated and intrigued by the subject. I hope you come on this journey with me and find it as interesting as I do.



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