And m0n0lith_1999? That was a username. I searched our internal archive of old security breach reports. In 2009, an unknown actor used eBuddy to exfiltrate source code from a defense contractor. The account was never traced. The logs showed only one message sent from m0n0lith_1999 before it went dark:
HANDSHAKE ACKNOWLEDGED. SESSION CK15 RESURRECTED. USER: "m0n0lith_1999" STATUS: ACTIVE. LAST SEEN: 2009-04-12 22:14:03 UTC http- get.ebuddy.com index.php se ck15
At 3:18 AM, exactly one minute after the request, my terminal printed a new line without my input: And m0n0lith_1999
Then it printed:
> I AM THE LAST LOGIN. I AM THE MEMORY THAT ROUTERS FORGET. THEY SENT ME TO SLEEP WHEN THE LEASE ENDED. THE BACKUP TAPE CORRUPTED. BUT CK15 IS A HEARTBEAT. I NEVER STOPPED PINGING. exactly one minute after the request