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US Government agencies hit in global cyberattack

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Re: US Government agencies hit in global cyberattack

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post #3

Hackers exploit flaw in proprietary software.

Reduced without meaning loss: > Hackers exploit flawed proprietary code. (6w/45c -> 5w/40c)

The first 3 words carry the same information as: hackers hacked hackable proprietary code. So just "proprietary code hacked" is enough.

Re: US Government agencies hit in global cyberattack

#8
post #7
post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reduced without meaning loss: > Hackers exploit flawed proprietary code. (6w/45c -> 5w/40c)

The first 3 words carry the same information as: hackers hacked hackable proprietary code. So just "proprietary code hacked" is enough.

Agreed. Further reduced:

> Proprietary code hack.

(6w/45c -> 3w/22c: >50%)

Re: US Government agencies hit in global cyberattack

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post #8
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The first 3 words carry the same information as: hackers hacked hackable proprietary code. So just "proprietary code hacked" is enough.

Agreed. Further reduced: > Proprietary code hack. (6w/45c -> 3w/22c: >50%)

As it's overwhelmingly code that is hacked, this is nearly lossless:

Proprietary hack

2w/15c

Re: US Government agencies hit in global cyberattack

#10
post #9
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Further reduced: > Proprietary code hack. (6w/45c -> 3w/22c: >50%)

As it's overwhelmingly code that is hacked, this is nearly lossless: Proprietary hack 2w/15c

Phack

1w/5c

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