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ChuckNorris89 on June 15, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Aging Problems at 5nm and Below

The days where viruses were designed to destroy your hardware for fun are gone. Now they're just after your personal data or money.

mikro2nd on June 15, 2020 | [–]

Unless you're the military.

Traubenfuchs on June 15, 2020 | [–]

By now, shouldn't everyone have everyone's personal data already? Hackers just want to mine bitcoins.

blaser-waffle on June 15, 2020 | [–]

Even with a million hacked laptops, the hash rate for BTC would be crazy. They're going for whatever is the new hotness with the alt-coins.

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