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Cybersecurity joke plays on the term 'malicious actor'
Original: Surprisingly the term “malicious actor” doesn’t refer to the notoriously poor casting choices in # cybersecurity movies.
A quip circulating online notes, with mock surprise, that the cybersecurity term 'malicious actor' refers to a threat actor behind attacks, not to the famously bad casting choices in hacking films. The joke riffs on the word 'actor' being read literally, and has struck a chord with security professionals and film fans who enjoy poking fun at Hollywood's clichéd depictions of hackers.
Why now: It is a light wordplay joke that amuses the cybersecurity community and gets shared for its clever double meaning
Evidence
- Surprisingly the term “malicious actor” doesn’t refer to the notoriously poor casting choices in # cybersecurity movies. · dyfustic@muenchen.social · 7
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