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LulzSec’s Last Leak Has a Nice Goodbye Virus

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If you were digging through the LulzSec Farewell Tour torrent, you might have stumbled upon a folder called BootableUSB. I hope not, because it had a malware landmine sitting inside, faking it as a version of WinRAR. Lulz?

https://gizmodo.com/find-out-if-your-personal-data-is-part-of-lulzsecs-gran-5815551

Anonymous, now in charge of the AntiSec crusade, acknowledged the infection—intentional or otherwise—and promise a clean torrent would be uploaded. They’d better hope people give them another chance—because really, what says Trust us, not global corporations like spreading a virus-laden copy of WinRAR? [All Things D]

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