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[BRUSSELS, BELGIUM]
EU commission guy who comes up with the logos: ok so this new EU agency is gonna deal with cyber sec right
me, cyber sec expert: yeah
EU guy: okay so i'm drawing a blank. gimme some material here. what is cyber sec is to you
me: well personally it's a crusade against memory unsafety in general and the C programming language in particular
EU guy: what's that
me: [gestures at my dart board made from a copy of K&R]
EU guy: oh perfect. the boss'll love this. cya
me: wait wh—

screenshot of an entry in the official list of EU institutions and bodies. the logo looks like the “C” motif from the cover of the famous book “The C Programming Language” by Kernighan and Ritchie, but on a very dark blue background, and with a circle of stars from the Flag of Europe (except in white rather than yellow) cutting through the left part of the “C”. the body is labelled as a “EU interinstitutional service”, is named the “Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (CERT-EU)” and has the details: “CERT-EU responds to information security incidents and cyber threats affecting the computer systems of all EU institutions, agencies and bodies. Website https://cert.europa.eu/ Email secretariat@cert.europa.eu Phone number +32 (0) 2 299 00 05 Address Rue de la Loi 107, 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium” screenshot of an entry in the official list of EU institutions and bodies. the logo looks like the “C” motif from the cover of the famous book “The C Programming Language” by Kernighan and Ritchie, but on a very dark blue background, and with a circle of stars from the Flag of Europe (except in white rather than yellow) cutting through the left part of the “C”. the body is labelled as a “EU interinstitutional service”, is named the “Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (CERT-EU)” and has the details: “CERT-EU responds to information security incidents and cyber threats affecting the computer systems of all EU institutions, agencies and bodies. Website https://cert.europa.eu/ Email secretariat@cert.europa.eu Phone number +32 (0) 2 299 00 05 Address Rue de la Loi 107, 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium”
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