In 2005, an unusual technical anomaly emerged: playing Janet Jackson's 1989 hit "Rhythm Nation" could crash certain models of laptop computers. This phenomenon was first detailed by Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen, who recounted that a major computer manufacturer discovered that the...
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It sounds like a James Bond plot conceived by an AI fever dream: a Chinese hacking outfit, IronHusky, wielding a slick new RAT (Remote Access Trojan) to sneak through the digital halls of Russian and Mongolian government networks. Yet, as the world’s attention flits from one cyber scandal to the...