An Angry Spark, or a Triangle in Disguise?

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A Union-Jack-clad triangle angrily emits sparks on the screen of a retro monitor (Source: ChatGPT) On April 14, 2026, Gen Digital published “Chasing an Angry Spark”, a report about sophisticated Windows spyware that Gen saw once in 2022, and never again. Fascinatingly, the payload they found — and its command-and-control (C&C) servers — appeared to be completely novel to the threat intelligence community.

So how did Angry Spark remain undetected for so long, and precisely who is behind it? Gen did not directly address these questions, but instead provide…