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Operation Gunman – how the Soviets bugged IBM typewriters (2015)
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- 70
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- 25 commenters
History & Retro ComputingHardware & Electronics2018
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2018 | Operation Gunman – how the Soviets bugged IBM typewriters (2015) by dictum | 229 | 18 |
| Jul 3, 2022 | Operation Gunman – how the Soviets bugged IBM typewriters (2015) by mtmail | 222 | 31 |
| Dec 21, 2015 | Selectric bug by mmastrac | 142 | 17 |
| Jan 3, 2020 | IBM Selectric Bug by Sami_Lehtinen | 109 | 4 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 26 Hacker News comments by 25 different people, from Jun 2016 to Dec 2025.
Most recent:
- wood_spirit · Dec 11, 2025
- willvarfar · Sep 17, 2024
- gnfargbl · Jan 23, 2024
- ddejohn · Sep 26, 2023
- evan_ · Jul 18, 2022
- dredmorbius · Nov 29, 2020
