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The first ever computer virus (arguably) was “brain”, arguably ransomware: https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-malware-when-were-computer-viruses-first-written-and-what-were-their-original-purposes.html https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-malware-when-were-com... Needless to say, it predated cryptocurrency by decades and it’s creators are at the very least millionaires.