The Day the Telnet Died
A long, long time ago I can still remember how a protocol used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those botnets dance And maybe they’d be happy for a while But January made me shiver With every packet I tried to deliver Bad news on the backbone I couldn’t scan a single ASN I can’t remember if I cried When my -f root hit an ACL line But something touched me deep inside The day the telnet died So bye, bye mass spreading Mirai Drove my SYNs down on the fiber line But the fiber line was dry And good old bots were passing creds in the clear and dry Singin’ this’ll be the day that I die This’ll be the day that I die On January 14, 2026, at approximately 21:00 UTC, something changed in the internet’s plumbing. The GreyNoise Global Observation Grid recorded a…
