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Why was Ted Kaczynski called the Unabomber?

Ted Kaczynski was an American domestic terrorist who killed three people and injured 23 others with mail bombs from 1978 to 1995. He was motivated by a radical anti-technology ideology and wanted to stop industrial society from destroying nature and human freedom. He mainly targeted professors, scientists, and executives in engineering, computer science, psychology, and genetics. Before his identity was revealed, the FBI gave him the case name UNABOM, for University and Airline Bomber. The media adopted this name and called him the Unabomber. He was finally captured in 1996 after his brother David recognized his writing style in a manifesto published in The New York Times and The Washington Post. He pleaded guilty in 1998 and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. He died by suicide in prison on June 10, 2023, at 81.