Obfuscated, self-evaluating bash script by CDN Akamai being supplied to consumers via retail stores

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Tris Sherliker was made aware of an interesting shirt by CDN Akamai supplied via Uniqlo stores in support of their Peace for All campaign. Is that … a shebang?! My wife was right that I’d want to see it. Was that… a shebang? Take a closer look at the text block (above, partial) Yes, a shebang! On a t-shirt sold in a high street store, no less. And it is clearly a base64 encoded Here string being fed to eval via base64, decode. After Base64 decoding, the resulting script is a welcoming and nicely commented Easter egg. I won’t spoil it for you’, it’s a fun romp to the end and you can read it here.