[Verse 1] August twenty-first, the headlines crack the surface A Canadian hacker in the Snowflake case Pleads guilty to the data theft on purpose Extorting millions, leaving victims erased Fifty corporations caught in the fallout Shell, Philips, GE — their records exposed A PLM zero-day that Clop pulled out Another massive breach before the dust closed [Chorus] The locks are broken, the vaults are hollow Credentials stolen, the ransom will follow Zero-days and guilty pleas, extortion schemes Nothing's sealed as tight as the system seems Read the headlines, count the companies falling August twenty-first is loudly calling Every sector breached, every database hollow The locks are broken, the ransom will follow [Verse 2] Metabase exploited, Framework customers shaken Their data accessed through a flaw unpatched Uber Freight investigating, half-awaken A hacking group claims trophies — unmatched Korea's Blue House employee data surfacing A private certification firm cracked wide Estée Lauder watching Oracle EBS cursing A zero-day hack they couldn't hide [Chorus] The locks are broken, the vaults are hollow Credentials stolen, the ransom will follow Zero-days and guilty pleas, extortion schemes Nothing's sealed as tight as the system seems Read the headlines, count the companies falling August twenty-first is loudly calling Every sector breached, every database hollow The locks are broken, the ransom will follow [Bridge] UT San Antonio went dark mid-session Systems offline, an attempted intrusion Fifty firms bleeding from a single aggression Every unpatched flaw is an institution's confusion The pattern repeats — zero-day, exfiltrate, demand From beauty empires to freight, no vertical is unscanned Governments, universities, oil corporations stand Equally exposed when attackers understand [Verse 3] Clop used the PLM flaw strategically Massive breach, methodical, wide The Snowflake attacker confessed specifically Millions extorted before being tried Metabase quietly leaking Framework records Uber Freight silent while the forums boast Korea's certification breach crossing borders August twenty-first, coast to compromised coast [Verse 4] The guilty plea is just the visible fraction Thousands of credentials still circulate One hacker caught — a symbolic transaction While fifty others quietly penetrate No industry immune, no sector forgotten Energy, logistics, government, and glam The perimeter model is completely rotten Defend the data, not just the program [Chorus] The locks are broken, the vaults are hollow Credentials stolen, the ransom will follow Zero-days and guilty pleas, extortion schemes Nothing's sealed as tight as the system seems Read the headlines, count the companies falling August twenty-first is loudly calling Every sector breached, every database hollow The locks are broken, the ransom will follow
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