mo4ch:>WannaCry? Laptop infected with world’s most dangerous computer viruses sold for $1.35 million | Mo4ch News

Bidding on a laptop packed with some of the world’s most dangerous malware closed at $1.345 million on Tuesday. The laptop is running 6 viruses that have caused financial damages totaling $95 billion.Dubbed ‘The Persistence of Chaos,’ the Samsung NC10 was created by artist Guo O Dong. He told The Verge that the “artwork” was not meant to be a tool for any world domination scheme but a way to give abstract cyber threats physical form. It’s intended strictly as an art piece though it could be used for academic purposes, he said.“We have this fantasy that things that happen in computers can’t actually affect us, but this is absurd,” Guo said, adding: “Weaponized viruses, that affect power grids or public infrastructure, can cause direct harm.”Also on rt.comWorld saw ‘worst year ever’ for data breaches & cyberattacks in 2017 — reportThe 11-year-old laptop contains six viruses on its local hard drive, such as WannaCry, which infected more than 200,000 computers across 150 countries and…