Prior to the 17th of August

This is the fifth client I work with this week who’s auto-replied to an email I sent with this: I am currently on leave returning on the 17th of August. I don’t think I’ve ever had two clients from disparate companies share leave, at least outside popular holidays like Lunar New Year or Xmas. And now five people have? MAMBO NO. 5!? What’s going on? Is there some awesome event going on now to which I wasn’t invited? Do they know something we don’t? If a massive new zero day drops over the weekend, we’ll know who to blame. Lou Bega. Or Pérez Prado. By Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2026-08-13.