Nov 14, 2025•
Company ingeniously avoids breach by maintaining outdated software
A fintech company accidentally avoided a sophisticated nation-state cyberattack because their infrastructure is so catastrophically outdated (running Windows Server 2003 and software from 2004) that modern exploit kits couldn't recognize it. Security researchers are calling it "the archaeology defense," where systems are so ancient that today's attackers lack the specialized knowledge to hack deprecated technology nobody uses anymore.