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the headline more than anything -- pilfered secret spy software stolen by (probably) a rival intelligence agency, released to the public without scrutiny, repur
by nyolfen 9y ago
the headline more than anything -- pilfered secret spy software stolen by (probably) a rival intelligence agency, released to the public without scrutiny, repurposed by cybercriminals, used to ransom data indiscriminately for decentralized software currency, bringing major institutions to their knees, and defeated by a guy in his bedroom at his parents' house who accidentally found a secret kill switch. it all feels very cyberpunk, and very much like a fictional plot, unfortunate circumstances aside
- nyolfen 9y agoaha, and i see i'm not the only one who thinks so: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2017/05/rejection-letter.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2017/05/rejectio... though a bit of it is in your camp as well: > It's a worm — a boringly old-hat idea first introduced into fiction by SF author John Brunner in his 1977 novel "The Shockwave Rider".