Here's how a German Microsoft software engineer's 'curiosity and craftsmanship' saved the world's internet from the 'most widespread and effective...

[Windows Central]

A 38-year-old German Microsoft engineer, Andres Freund, might have potentially saved the world from a significant cyber attack. He uncovered the attack after noticing sluggish processing power while using SSH to access computers remotely during routine checks.

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[fdruid]

This is at the same time a damning and redeeming tale for Open Source development.
In the end the guy did discover it by accident and fixed it with other devs, but the hackers were more efficient, they got their damage done too easy.