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The Ball Drops on the World's Biggest New Year's Scare
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محتوای ارائه شده توسط Michael N. Smith. تمام محتوای پادکست شامل قسمت‌ها، گرافیک‌ها و توضیحات پادکست مستقیماً توسط Michael N. Smith یا شریک پلتفرم پادکست آن‌ها آپلود و ارائه می‌شوند. اگر فکر می‌کنید شخصی بدون اجازه شما از اثر دارای حق نسخه‌برداری شما استفاده می‌کند، می‌توانید روندی که در اینجا شرح داده شده است را دنبال کنید.https://fa.player.fm/legal
What Were They Thinking?
Dire consequences are predicted for the new year: Airplanes will fall from the sky. Our defensive missiles will be un-launchable. Broadcast communication will cease. The financial system will collapse. All due to a terrifying cyber event.
Millions of dollars and thousands of manhours are spent in preparation for what The Wall Street Journal later calls the “the hoax of the twentieth century.” What in the name of digital dunderheadedness happened? Listen and learn all about it in this episode.
More Blundering Brainstorms to Come
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