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It's almost mind boggling that it went for so long undetected. It's been sitting there for 7 years.

> so long undetected

... that we know of.

'Shellshock' was sitting there since 1989 and only detected in 2014.

So how was it detected now? Who reported it first and what were they looking for?

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