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Piriform: CCleaner malware disaster was caused by a hacker

article published on 19 September, 2017

It was revealed recently that super-popular computer cleaning software CCleaner included malware with its official distribution package. Now, the details of this disaster have been unfolded. In Reuters article the author company behind the CCleaner, British Piriform, tells about the incident. According to them, a hacker had breached their systems sometime back in August and gained access ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		19. September 2017 @ 11:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If hacker scumbags like this only redirected their efforts to something more productive and beneficial, the world would be a better place.

I'm all about the hack but shit...if the hacker doesn't get to experience the fallout, WHAT'S THE F'ING POINT!
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