This key is one of the most famous examples of leaked keys [1].<p>It has also been mentioned in Hacker News discussions before [2].<p>And interestingly, is the only thing in this CIA document [3].<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_licensing#Leaked_keys" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_licensing#Leaked_keys</a><p>[2] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19298136" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19298136</a><p>[3] <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/61/61C5FB27A2ECCBE2B3269A5589A7F518_serial.txt.doc.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/61/61C5FB27A...</a>
Reminds me of this post on how CD keys worked back in the day [0]<p>I remember feeling like such a badass when I encoded all the letters in STARCRAFT to use as the CD key and it let me in.<p>[0]: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3002067/how-are-software-license-keys-generated" rel="nofollow">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3002067/how-are-software...</a>