A teenager who built a popular cyber bullying tool now wants to give it up — here’s why he had a change of heart
Tox made it easy to create ransomware and collect Bitcoin from users who downloaded it. Now, its anonymous creator says he’s giving it up.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: uk.businessinsider.com
It was just a matter of time until someone wrote a malware creating “factory” script, so that anyone could buy a hacking tool. And when the door is open we will see a lot of rip-offs pumping out different malware.
So never click on a phishing link. Never open an email attachment from unknown. And hope that the good side invent protections for your computer and communication.
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A teenager who built a popular cyber bullying tool now wants to give it up — here’s why he had a change of heart