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		bigbugbag on May 16, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ways in which the WannaCry ransomware could have b... What's the incentive for such a virus ?

sushid on May 16, 2017 | [–]

Do you not remember viruses in the 90s like the ILOVEYOU virus? Plenty of hackers wrote viruses that maliciously destroyed data just because they could.

CrystalLangUser on May 16, 2017 | [–]

Schadenfreude?

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