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Iron Bear's June Mission: Ghost Code on Grid-9

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A big congratulations goes to Eugene Brown from the Marine Corps Information Operations Center for solving last month’s trivia challenge— C) Principle of Least Privilege. Thank you for your service, Eugene, and well done on joining the TechSource winner’s circle!

 

Now, Iron Bear’s picking up something... weird. A series of power glitches have hit Grid-9, a critical relay station deep in the outer zone. Systems are crashing. Data is looping. Lights flicker on and off with no pattern. Some say it’s a legacy program gone haywire. Others? They’re calling it ghost code.

 

Buried in the system logs is a strange, decades-old process that shouldn’t even be running. Is it just outdated software—or something left behind that’s come back alive?

 

Iron Bear is on the case—but if he’s going to stop this digital phantom from bringing down the grid, he’ll need your help.

 

June Trivia Question

What’s the term for outdated software or systems that are still in use, despite being superseded by newer technology?

 

A) Zero-Day
B) Patchwork Protocol
C) Shadow Code
D) Legacy Systems

 

Think you know? Submit your answer for a chance to be featured in next month’s TechSource!

 

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