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The first-ever ransomware dropped 35 years ago disguised as a floppy sharing 'AIDS Information'

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨cm0002@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org⁩

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/the-first-ever-ransomware-dropped-35-years-ago-disguised-as-a-floppy-sharing-aids-information

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  • archonet@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Following several arrests and extraditions, it was concluded that the then-41-year-old Dr. was “mentally unfit to stand trial” by a London psychiatrist, and prior to the trial, had been witnessed wearing condoms on his nose, carrying a cardboard box, and other extremely odd behaviors that diverted him from prison to London’s Mausley Hospital.

    Now, I’m not saying he was normal. But uh… carrying a cardboard box is an “extremely odd behavior”? By that metric, almost anyone could qualify for a cot in the mental ward.

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