I assume it’s (loosely!) based on this:

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/pwned/

No mention of China - just a rival company finding a hole in the secure network (network enabled coffee maker with a default password) and using it to steal company data.

I used to follow a guy on Tumblr who ended up watching a lot of daytime TV while recuperating from surgery.

He came to the conclusion that wrestling was essentially a soap opera designed to be socially acceptable for men to watch.

Fairly large chunks of Windows code are examples of the latter, in fact.