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Re:New Mac ransomware spreading through piracy by austhrow743 on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @08:40PM (#23696478)
Software on private torrent sites comes straight from the scene, who treat their hobby pretty seriously.
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Re:New Mac ransomware spreading through piracy by Cyph0n on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @08:45PM (#23696522)
Exactly. Scene groups are tight knit and very professional.
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Re:New Mac ransomware spreading through piracy by techntoke on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:26AM (#23698759)
Unless you piss them off and become their target
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Re:New Mac ransomware spreading through piracy by dewey on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:19AM (#23700225)
If it's not a 0day tracker they usually unpack the scene files and repackage them so you don't have the split archive files. It wouldn't be hard to slip something in in this process.
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