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Re:Ask HN: Google Doc email virus? on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @10:55PM (#14262074)
BCC recipients can't see (or contact) each other to mitigate the spread. If you look at the source code, it BCCs 99 contacts from the infected account per message.
I'm really skeptical of this claim. Source?
> Another example from the book: Madagascar. The French invaded, and took out their Queen. Then imposed taxes on the population as to get back the money they invested in the invasion/war. wtf

That's a leveraged buyout. Borrow money to take control of another entity. Use revenue from the target entity to pay that debt. Profit.