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		magduf on Nov 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ransomware, Data Breaches at Hospitals Tied to Upt... It also doesn't work too well without Microsoft Windows.

nyolfen on Nov 9, 2019 [–]

you will be pleased to learn there are ransomware families that target macos and linux as well

magduf on Nov 12, 2019 | [–]

Citation needed for the Linux one. People have been telling me for decades now that "there's viruses for Linux too!" but I've never seen any actual malware that actually affects desktop Linux. It's like the Yeti.

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