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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 28-Jan-2021 14:16:19 EST GeniusMusing
   Perl-clutching hijackers appear to have seized control of 33-year-old programming language's .com domain • The Register
   https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/28/perl_hijacking/
   
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   >Posting on Reddit, Brian Foy, an editor on the site and author of several books on Perl, said: "It looks like there was an account hack. I don't know how long that would take to rewind. We're looking for people who have actual experience dealing with that situation so we can dispute the transfer."
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   >Perl.org is unaffected by the swipe.
   
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   1. musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 28-Jan-2021 15:26:43 EST musicman

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      As soon as I read the headline I knew the source.
   2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 28-Jan-2021 16:55:31 EST lnxw48a1

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      @geniusmusing Quite punny, I see.