alt Hacker NewsOh, sure, the "In Popular Culture" section is a prerequisite for every Wikipedia article. ;-)
In seriousness though, the Malbolge article (2003) significantly predates the TV series in question (2012--2019). I wouldn't be surprised that writers got the info from Wikipedia.
A form of Citogenesis although here it is about notability instead (notabilitogensesis is mouthful unfortunately)