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Beware Gizmodo - Captcha malware attempt (self.cybersecurity_help)<br>submitted 3 hours ago by lostinthesnakepit

I just went to their site to read an article "Scientists Made a Car Paint So Black It Looks Like a Hole in Reality" and I got the Captcha malware attempt. Asking me to open a shell and paste the code it just uploaded to my clipboard

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[–]Imaginary_Bid3041 3 points4 points5 points 3 hours ago (1 child)<br>same. i was worried i was already infected, but it seems to be the case that you have to open...