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On the trail of the Dark Avenger (theguardian.com)
4 points by rippeltippel on May 9, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



From the article:

> Prevention through basic cyber hygiene was simple: ...

> do not use software products acquired illegally.

So they may have unintentionally benefited the economy by discouraging people from using pirated software. However I don't know if the damage caused by the viruses exceeded the lost revenue from potential piracy, had the viruses not existed. Interesting.




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