OSS Project pushed malware in an update, which wipes your disk if you happen to have Russian or Belorussian IP address - Kotaku In Action 2

OSS Project pushed malware in an update, which wipes your disk if you happen to have Russian or Belorussian IP address (media.kotakuinaction2.win)

posted 2 years ago by Senketsu 2 years ago by Senketsu +126 / -0

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– Steampunk_Moustache 19 points 2 years ago +19 / -0

What in the world were there they thinking?

Imagine if the US embassy in Moscow ran their code.

What about people connected to Russian VPN's?

And most of all, what about random Russian citizens with no fucking power to do anything about the situation even if they wanted to?

Congrats, that's some kid's dissertation you just wiped. Maybe you nuked their last surviving photographs of their parents for your stupid fucking virtue signal.

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– TakenusernameA 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

And whats the likelyhood any of them are even using this software in the first place?

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– deleted 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0