Before one can hack the planet, one must learn how to hack 1507 computers.

Shoulda stopped at 1,337.

If your command&control center is on dial-up, it’s easier to create a self-propagating virus that does not phone home

See, it’s because 1337 resembles the word “LEET,” short for “elite.”

I know but counting the infected machines and stopping at a specific number is hard if there is limited bandwidth (or no bandwidth in case of sneakerware). So early viruses could not be controlled once released nor tell if there’s 1337 copies already.