The attacker had exploited a flaw in the previous build, 7.18.0. They assumed the patch would take days. They were wrong.
The attack vector? Ad injection. Not the annoying kind that broke websites, but the surgical kind that replaced safety certificates with forged ones. The world’s infrastructure was being held hostage by a glorified pop-up. Adguard 7.18.1 -7.18.4778.0- Stable
She watched the live dashboard.