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by zeristor 125 days ago
Sounds like the famous Gandhi bug in Civilisation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Gandhi

edit: turns out this was a fabrication, good thing I read my cited source!

"On September 8, 2020, Sid Meier's autobiography, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games, was released, containing confirmation that the Gandhi software bug was fabricated and a detailed background of the urban legend's formation"

from the above link