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Santa Claus, the man keeping tabs on everything naughty and nice, has been hit by the Bah-Hum Bug—an evil concoction of spyware, malware, and everything else evil the online world has to offer. The hacking of Santa’s data has left the name, address, and wish list of every child in the world in the hands of an unknown hacker group that’s now asking for a ransom to give the data back.
The story broke around 8AM North Pole time, and it seems the incident began after Santa downloaded the innocent-looking app “Reindeer Smash,” which contained none other than the devastating Bah-Hum Bug.
“The Big Man is really distraught. We’re finding cookie crumbles all around the shop, and it seems next year’s eggnog batch is his favorite dipping sauce,” comments Krankle, head toy designer at the workshop.
The question floating around the North Pole and the world is, what consequences will follow.
“Traditionally, most of our files were put on record manually. Wrist injuries and overworked elves led us to go digital in early 2014,” says an elf close to Santa who wishes to remain anonymous.
North Pole authorities have been notified and are looking closely into the case.
“We’re working on a few leads. Cybercrime is honestly not our specialty, but we’ve sent out a dog patrol to sniff around the workshop,” Officer McDougal of the North Pole K9 Patrol comments.
As the world’s eyes are on the North Pole the question on everyone’s mind is: What will happen to Christmas? This is by far the largest data breach in history, threatening to darken the Christmas light in everyone’s lives.
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The Hack of the Century: Santa Gets Hit with Bah-Hum Bug
