> Once Microsoft realized that the intruders had used a theoretically expired 2016 consumer signing key to forge tokens for an enterprise customer, it launched an "all-hands-on-deck" investigation that went through the night, June 26–27. The company arrived at 46 hypotheses for the intrusion, including "a theoretical quantum computing capability to break public-key cryptography."
I feel like this is a twist on the denial stage of grief. Sure, our house is on fire...but maybe it is because a asteroid just struck the earth.