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Re:Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment by autokad on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @01:45PM (#18611157)
> "Reads to me like someone writing viruses that doesn't know a thing about writing viruses"

someone who infected 100,000 machines knows at least 'a thing' about writing viruses

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Re:Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment by tomc1985 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @12:10AM (#18615594)
I mean yes, it is a remarkable technical achievement.

To use the analogy of an art thief, this is as if he had simply smashed some glass and made a run for it, without dealing with security systems and whatnot. He might make it out the door, but now the museum has him on video, they have his fingerprints, and they're probably going to get the stolen art back.

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