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by mmaunder 2600 days ago
That AIX cron exploit looks awfully familiar. Script kiddie was being thrown around on #hack and #phreak (and probably #2600 and even #warez) on effnet IRC pre 1996. My guess is someone said it and it stuck and we'll never know who. Few people used the full phrase. Usually kiddie, k1dd13z, etc.