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To pile on, just the fact your device has a CPU and GPU is valuable since it can be made a cryptocurrency mining zombie. Even if your data doesn't have external
by giantrobot 6y ago
To pile on, just the fact your device has a CPU and GPU is valuable since it can be made a cryptocurrency mining zombie. Even if your data doesn't have external value it likely has some internal value so an attacker can encrypt it and extort you for the key.
Botnets and malware users are looking for resources. It doesn't really matter what those are exactly because they tend to use every part of the buffalo.