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by sebastien_bois 1869 days ago
I was referring more to general attacks, the type that would have seemed too far-fetched decade(s) ago.
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The first ever computer virus (arguably) was “brain”, arguably ransomware:

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.