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Re:Cloudflare Thanksgiving 2023 Security Incident by elashri on Thursday February 01, 2024 @05:56PM (#39222704)
I think this probably was a name after the famous Code Red worm [1], not a reference to China.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Red_(computer_worm)

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Re:Cloudflare Thanksgiving 2023 Security Incident by curiousgal on Thursday February 01, 2024 @06:33PM (#39223032)
It's the tech scene on the Internet, everything is a reference to the CCP! /s
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Re:Cloudflare Thanksgiving 2023 Security Incident by duskwuff on Thursday February 01, 2024 @11:18PM (#39224962)
Or after the flavor of Mountain Dew which was that worm's namesake. Not all names have to make sense. :)
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