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Nothing hard but the various leaks of diplomatic cables and spy tools have made claims of state sponsored hacking undeniable. Everyone knows that all the big companies are getting hacked all the time thanks to the leaks.

How is a technical failure worse than a hack? One implies incompetence on your part, the other that you were attacked.

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> Everyone knows

How could you still overestimate this in such a ridiculous way? The general public will install a Virus Scanner and expect it to protect them. If it doesn't, they will call support and write snail mail. This is Germany man and this is why a Hack is just the worst version of a technical failure. "You failed to prevent the hack. You have not been protected or your protection sucks. Go install Avira next time!"

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