ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,648, issued on May 12, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"System and a method for determining an attempt to gain unauthorized access to a system or a service" was invented by Janek Mroczek (Barneveld, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An authentication system. The authentication system includes at least one memory and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory. Executable instructions for the processor generate and send a false verification code to an authorized user."

The patent was filed on Aug. 13, 2024, under Application No. 1...