With cyber threats from nation-state actors like China and Russia on the rise, the commanding general of U.S. Cyber Command has created a special task force to figure out how to open this PDF.
“I’ve been trying to open this thing for like 30 minutes, but the farthest I’ve gotten is that screen where it says ‘Please wait…’” Gen. Paul Nakasone said. “Is China trying to prevent me from opening this PDF? Did Russia put a backdoor into my computer to make it impossible to figure this darn thing out? This task force will get to the bottom of it.”
Task Force OpenDoc will include cybersecurity experts from all of the military services as well as the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. Many of these organizations have had long-standing internal task forces investigating how to open this PDF, as well as many other PDFs, with little success. TF OpenDoc will combine their efforts into a whole-of-government approach to opening PDFs, officials said.
