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Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?

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Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?

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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.

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I’m glad he found it. Makes you wonder how many other similar backdoors might be hiding out there.

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