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      "title": "F5 breached by nation-state actor: BIG-IP source code and undisclosed bugs stolen",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/f5-nation-state-breach-big-ip-source-code-2025",
      "json": "https://pwn.watch/i/f5-nation-state-breach-big-ip-source-code-2025.json",
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      "title": "F5 discloses the breach (SEC 8-K) and ships patches",
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      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/f5-nation-state-breach-big-ip-source-code-2025"
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      "date": "2025-08-09",
      "title": "F5 learns of the intrusion",
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