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People who don't run Windows shouldn't get cocky! There are many, many attacks on Linux:

Here's one in the news from just last week. A ransomware where the victim agreed to pay the equivalent of US$1MM in bitcoin.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/web-host-agrees-to-...

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Something to keep in mind. They were running:

Apache version 1.3.36 and PHP version 5.1.4

It's not like a brand new Ubuntu installation connected to the open Internet will suddenly be pwned. The owners of this company were beyond inept.

And that was probably the tip of the iceberg with regard to their outdated software -- Apache 1.3.36 and PHP 5.1.4 are both from around 2006, so I'd bet everything else in their stack was similarly old. Failing to update anything for 10+ years will get you in trouble, regardless of what OS it's on.

Seeing Apache 1 in the wild makes me a bit nostalgic.

What kind of utter lunatic would use that for their company today?

Lord have mercy, Apache 1? That's what you get bro.

That would be akin to running Windows XP. People running Anfient Monftrosities should not get cocky in general, attacks on old systems are only getting worse with time.

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