Cambridge Mourns the Loss of a Tech Titan: Remembering Ross Anderson, Security Maestro

In memory of Ross Anderson, the security sage of Cambridge, whose wit outsmarted ATM flaws and whose pen championed digital rights. He leaves behind a legacy of laughter and Lovelace Medal luster at 67.

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Here lies the digital Da Vinci, Ross Anderson, a man who made bits and bytes bow before him, a titan in the realm of cybersecurity, and the only fellow who could make ATMs and chip-and-PIN systems quake in their circuits. He's logged off for the final time, but his legacy is basically the bedrock of modern infosec. Let's decrypt his life's highlights without needing a master key, shall we?

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