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This Phishing email... What is the IP? (infosec.pub)
submitted 11 hours ago by RonSijm@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] teddypolice@feddit.org 14 points 10 hours ago

Movies and TV shows actually do it this way to prevent actual machines getting group hugged.

Like in that one X-Files episode, where the Lone Gunmen hack into an invalid IP.