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Why was Ted Kaczynski called the Unabomber?

Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was an American criminal who conducted a 17-year bombing campaign, killing 3 and wounding 23, to incite a revolution against the industrial system. His initial bombs targeted university professors, and after bombs exploded on an American Airlines flight in 1979 and at the home of the president of United Airlines the following year, federal investigators organized the UNABOM (standing for university and airline bombing) task force. Media outlets later dubbed the suspect in the case “the Unabomber.”