Episode 125 - Yesterdays Lettuce Tomorrows Leader

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>18th October 1985: Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in New York and limited other North American markets. An immediate hit, Nintendo released the game nationwide in February 1986. Along with the NES, Nintendo released eighteen games that day, including: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-Yard_Fight">10-Yard Fight</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_%28Nintendo_game%29">Baseball</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clu_Clu_Land">Clu Clu Land</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_Jr._Math">Donkey Kong Jr. Math</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Hunt">Duck Hunt</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excitebike">Excitebike</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_%28video_game%29">Golf</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyromite">Gyromite</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogan%27s_Alley_%28arcade_game%29">Hogan’s Alley</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Climber">Ice Climber</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_%28video_game%29">Kung Fu</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_Rider">Mach Rider</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_%28video_game%29">Pinball</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack-Up">Stack-Up</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_%28video_game%29">Tennis</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Gunman">Wild Gunman</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrecking_Crew_%28video_game%29">Wrecking Crew</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.">Super Mario Bros</a>.</p><p>14th October 1977: Atari releases their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600">Video Computer System</a> (known as the VCS and later as the Atari 2600). It took two years for the VCS to gain traction, but by 1979 it was the best selling gift of the Christmas season. Once it was esta