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"FREE PIZZA IN THE BREAK ROOM" Was a Cyberattack and Nobody Noticed

"FREE PIZZA IN THE BREAK ROOM" Was a Cyberattack and Nobody Noticed

In 1999, a bored college sophomore typed `net send * "WINDOWS IS SHUTTING DOWN PLEASE SAVE YOUR WORK"` into a command prompt and watched an entire computer lab erupt in panic. He thought he was just being funny. He was actually writing the first draft of a $20 billion criminal industry.