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> This feature reminded me of the MySpace worm in ~2005 (heck, I wasn't even alive then!)

I instantly felt old.

Don't worry about this too much. It gets worse.

My question to OP about this event: how did you learn about this? Darknet Diaries, or via something else?

A video by WIRED came up in my YouTube feed about it.

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

I am old enough to have a fuzzy memory of it happening at the time, but here is the podcast with Samy that cemented it in my brain:

BTW, since you just got here... I find this useful: http://www.hnreplies.com/