Sure, that’s how viruses used to work. They would just delete / corrupt your data. It was a small-time operation, some pissed off mid with an axe to grind. Now

Sure, that’s how viruses used to work. They would just delete / corrupt your data. It was a small-time operation, some pissed off mid with an axe to grind. Now it’s either a nation-state with a political agenda or organised criminals doing it for the money.