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by denis1 4567 days ago
Think of Windows. You and I both know that not all machines running windows are up-to-date with their security patches. Reverse engineering a patch for a 0-day exploit could give an attacker an idea on how to compromise un-patched machines. With all the un-patched windows xp machines in the world, you could probably build your own bot net if you're smart enough :)