Like I understand maybe wanting to get information maybe from like big government sources or something, but why do these viruses also target random people?
What is there to gain from screwing up a random person’s software?
Like is it just to be petty or are they gathering data??
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As some people have mentioned, there can be financial motivation, but some people just like to watch the world burn. In some cases, it is the digital equivalent of a random act of vandalism. This is probably less the motivation now than, say, back in the early 90s when internet based commerce was less of a thing.
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