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ICS/OT security | digital forensics
Inventor of the Pants Cannon (does not work)
Inventor of the Pants Cannon (does not work)
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The programmers of the Donkey Kong arcade left a message in the code to hackers mockingly congratulating them and offering to teach them as a joke. A group of bootleggers actually took this seriously and contacted the company asking for help pirating their own game.
![Hirohisa Komanome, programmer at Ikegami Tsushinki,
who were contracted to make the Donkey Kong arcade:
Once we received a telex from an overseas company inquiring about the program of Donkey Kong. [...] I remember that it was a request to modify the program, to change Donkey Kong to their company's brand. It was easy to disassemble program ROMs and dump them in ASCII code with the development tools available then. Knowing that the bootleggers would begin their analysis of the hardware by disassembling and dumping the code, we inserted the following message at the end of the program as a joke:
CONGRATULATION !
IF YOU ANALYSE
DIFFICULT THIS
PROGRAM,WE WOULD
TEACH YOU.*****
TEL.TOKYO-JAPAN
044(244)2151
EXTENTION 304
SYSTEM DESIGN
IKEGAMI CO. LIM.
The company that sent us that telex had read this message, and they contacted us directly. All four of us were surprised. Naturally, we refused the request.
Source: shmuplations.com/donkeykong](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:heeihz7xdhf7dbjx4befobqw/bafkreiemeaqs56tfnyh2bzgihwkxdgdqrsjndawd47ysufnvytair7omga@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The programmers of the Donkey Kong arcade left a message in the code to hackers mockingly congratulating them and offering to teach them as a joke. A group of bootleggers actually took this seriously and contacted the company asking for help pirating their own game.
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What doesn’t kill you tenderizes you, making you more succulent and delicious. For next thing that comes to kill you
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What doesn’t kill you tenderizes you, making you more succulent and delicious. For next thing that comes to kill you
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*replying to friend’s newborn baby photos* so adorable. what prompt did you use
October 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
*replying to friend’s newborn baby photos* so adorable. what prompt did you use
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a baby magician that gets really confused when things disappear
November 12, 2024 at 6:18 PM
a baby magician that gets really confused when things disappear
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CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
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Trying this on my next pentest
In Yoshi's Island, a "tongue overflow" glitch exists whereby Yoshi's tongue is able to fly away and begin gaining infinite length, overwriting the game's memory. The tongue-based corruption can have any number of effects, including skipping to the credits and ending the game.
September 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Trying this on my next pentest
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Experimental post: The Inevitable March of Time
From the moment of this post, Super Mario Bros. is now closer to World War II than it is to the present day.
From the moment of this post, Super Mario Bros. is now closer to World War II than it is to the present day.
September 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Experimental post: The Inevitable March of Time
From the moment of this post, Super Mario Bros. is now closer to World War II than it is to the present day.
From the moment of this post, Super Mario Bros. is now closer to World War II than it is to the present day.
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AI art does not exist. It is an oxymoron.
August 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
AI art does not exist. It is an oxymoron.
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some patients are going to die, and you have to find a way to accept that - it’s just part of being a really bad chiropractor
August 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
some patients are going to die, and you have to find a way to accept that - it’s just part of being a really bad chiropractor
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I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
August 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
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GALADRIEL: (glowing green) In place of a hard roll, I would have whole wheat—beautiful and terrible to behold!
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
October 15, 2023 at 4:56 PM
GALADRIEL: (glowing green) In place of a hard roll, I would have whole wheat—beautiful and terrible to behold!
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
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ICYMI 🎩
Here are my slides from last week at Black Hat covering the ICS/OT Threat Landscape.
Thanks to my @mandiant.com & GTIG colleagues for helping with the data in this presentation. Thanks @emmamstewart.bsky.social @blackhatevents.bsky.social for the invite.
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/bl...
Here are my slides from last week at Black Hat covering the ICS/OT Threat Landscape.
Thanks to my @mandiant.com & GTIG colleagues for helping with the data in this presentation. Thanks @emmamstewart.bsky.social @blackhatevents.bsky.social for the invite.
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/bl...
Black Hat USA 2025 - Micro ICS Summit - ICS/OT Threat Landscape
The Industrial Control Systems (ICS) / Operational Technology (OT) threat landscape is escalating, moving beyond traditional IT concerns to impacting cyber-physical systems. This talk dissects the div...
www.slideshare.net
August 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
ICYMI 🎩
Here are my slides from last week at Black Hat covering the ICS/OT Threat Landscape.
Thanks to my @mandiant.com & GTIG colleagues for helping with the data in this presentation. Thanks @emmamstewart.bsky.social @blackhatevents.bsky.social for the invite.
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/bl...
Here are my slides from last week at Black Hat covering the ICS/OT Threat Landscape.
Thanks to my @mandiant.com & GTIG colleagues for helping with the data in this presentation. Thanks @emmamstewart.bsky.social @blackhatevents.bsky.social for the invite.
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/bl...
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You sneak into my office and see a ship in a bottle. Looking closer, you see tiny crewmembers screaming for help. I'm suddenly behind you.
January 5, 2024 at 3:57 PM
You sneak into my office and see a ship in a bottle. Looking closer, you see tiny crewmembers screaming for help. I'm suddenly behind you.
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(To messenger)
Go now! Tarry not!
(Looking out the castle window moments later)
This mf tarrying
Go now! Tarry not!
(Looking out the castle window moments later)
This mf tarrying
July 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
(To messenger)
Go now! Tarry not!
(Looking out the castle window moments later)
This mf tarrying
Go now! Tarry not!
(Looking out the castle window moments later)
This mf tarrying
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bumper sticker that says please be patient with me I just fell through a portal and directly into the driver’s seat of this car and i have never seen this car before
July 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
bumper sticker that says please be patient with me I just fell through a portal and directly into the driver’s seat of this car and i have never seen this car before
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rolling up to the Olive Garden like
July 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
rolling up to the Olive Garden like
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...
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July 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
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I don't get why you have to call my wife *librarian ignores me while on phone* "your husband is here trying to check out a book about ramps"
July 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I don't get why you have to call my wife *librarian ignores me while on phone* "your husband is here trying to check out a book about ramps"
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what if when Dracula's fangs came out they made that truck backing up noise
July 30, 2023 at 10:36 PM
what if when Dracula's fangs came out they made that truck backing up noise
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Sauntering through a medical conference and eating an apple, flipping everybody off. They’re so mad. They know they can’t touch me
June 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sauntering through a medical conference and eating an apple, flipping everybody off. They’re so mad. They know they can’t touch me