{"id":2380,"date":"2009-11-04T13:42:44","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T11:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corelan.be:8800\/index.php\/2009\/11\/04\/str0ke-r-i-p\/"},"modified":"2009-11-04T13:42:44","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T11:42:44","slug":"str0ke-r-i-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corelan.be\/index.php\/2009\/11\/04\/str0ke-r-i-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Str0ke R.I.P. (or alive &amp; kicking ?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have received a very sad message this morning that str0ke (milw0rm) has passed away yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>I sincerely hope this is some (bad and morbid) joke, but if it\u2019s not then all I can say is that this is terrible. My thoughts and prayers are with his family (wife &amp; 4 children) now.<\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace, str0ke. We\u2019ll miss you bro. \/Be safe<\/p>\n<p>1974-04-29&#160; \/ <font face=\"Trebuchet MS\">2009-11-03<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bl4cksecurity.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/str0ke-milworms-funeral-is-this-friday.html\">bl4cksecurity.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/str0ke-milworms-funeral-is-this-friday.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/blog.xanda.org\/2009\/11\/04\/rest-in-peace-str0ke-milw0rm\/\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200924143421\/http:\/\/blog.xanda.org\/2009\/11\/04\/rest-in-peace-str0ke-milw0rm\/\">http:\/\/blog.xanda.org\/2009\/11\/04\/rest-in-peace-str0ke-milw0rm\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Update<\/u><\/strong> : maybe this is a bad joke after all :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/image.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"502\" alt=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"554\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have received a very sad message this morning that str0ke (milw0rm) has passed away yesterday. 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