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		jimmaswell on Sept 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HTTP Status 418 – I'm a teapot I read a while ago about some coffee machines unintentionally bridging an internal network and spreading ransomware. I think they had Windows XP on the inside. Couldn't help but find the situation funny in a way.

treeman79 on Sept 15, 2021 [–]

Good old XP.

Cleaned someone’s virus infected computer out. Plugged the network jack into the cable modem. Under 10 second and I had to start from scratch…

When work tells us they are blocking all external connections in data center, I can’t really argue even with how much work it is.

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