This key is one of the most famous examples of leaked keys [1].

It has also been mentioned in Hacker News discussions before [2].

And interestingly, is the only thing in this CIA document [3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_licensing#Leaked_keys

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19298136

[3] https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/61/61C5FB27A...

Reminds me of this post on how CD keys worked back in the day [0]

I remember feeling like such a badass when I encoded all the letters in STARCRAFT to use as the CD key and it let me in.

[0]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3002067/how-are-software...