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That was actually my first thought as well. To be fair, it was C with Simple Object Orientation so not quite as terrible as misidentifying C++ straight up though it was still a bit of a fiasco.

From their perspective, I'm sure (over)hyping everything new they analyze as the next 'big deal' helps business even if they are wrong about the details on occasion.

The InfoSec industry unfortunately is 99% scaremongers and wannabe spies.

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