<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 9:34 AM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>
From: Keith Henson <<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com" target="_blank">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 7:59 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [Extropolis] NYTimes.com: Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?<br>
To: <<a href="mailto:extropolis@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">extropolis@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
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On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 5:15 AM John Clark <<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.<br>
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> Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?<br>
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> A Microsoft engineer noticed something was off on a piece of software he worked on. He soon discovered someone was probably trying to gain access to computers all over the world.<br>
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> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/technology/prevent-cyberattack-linux.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h00.SM26.A41shONSS_wE&smid=em-share" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/technology/prevent-cyberattack-linux.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h00.SM26.A41shONSS_wE&smid=em-share</a><br>
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That's one of the most amazing stories I have ever heard.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>And yet, it happens. My favorite take so far is from <a href="https://twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1774092131822444682">https://twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1774092131822444682</a> :</div><div><br></div><div>Microsoft engineer: 500ms lag in liblzma? Something's up.</div><div><br>Also Microsoft engineer: 45 minute lag in Microsoft Teams? Perfect.<br></div></div></div>