Just like Daddy Trump, Mcaffee knew he would.come under attack. Setting up the first countdown may have been a strategic choice, to fake the bad actors into attempted shutdowns, exposing their vectors of attack.
The second countdown may be the real deal, with countermeasures in place.
Thoughts?
perhaps he would set up a honeypot first to log where attacks are coming from and then set up defenses for the real one.
My thoughts exactly. Why wouldn't you, its a play right out of trumps book too. Let them hang themselves While they panic