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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by theandrewbailey on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:28PM (#11733518)
Knowing they targeted gamers, I wonder if they got tired of the death threats and/or got swatted.
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by zo1 on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:52PM (#11733734)
That's a very dishonest thing to say about gamers.
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by balls187 on Thursday May 19, 2016 @05:06PM (#11733835)
https://www.google.com/search?q=gamergate+swat&ie=utf-8&oe=u...

Full disclosure: I was a gamer (never swatted, but said a few inappropriate things in my day).

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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by MustardTiger on Thursday May 19, 2016 @05:46PM (#11734124)
That google search is not supporting the slander in question.
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by balls187 on Thursday May 19, 2016 @05:56PM (#11734187)
libel
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by MustardTiger on Thursday May 19, 2016 @06:52PM (#11734481)
That distinction is regional.
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by metalliqaz on Thursday May 19, 2016 @05:17PM (#11733930)
The only connection there is between GG and swatting is that they are both things that happen on the Internet.
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by striking on Thursday May 19, 2016 @06:00PM (#11734213)
What do gamers have to do with GamerGate? What does GamerGate have to do with SWATtings?

You raise some good questions, but you've unfortunately left them unanswered.

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