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An entire state's population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attack (sea.mashable.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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An entire state's population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attack::The attack impacts about 1.3 million people.

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[–] [email protected] 191 points 1 year ago (12 children)

"Maine" is a lot shorter than "an entire state."

I hate this "obscure the most relevant information for clicks" shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

To be fair, "an entire x" does have markedly different connotation than "x". The emphasis is that it's, well, the entirety of x. It's the difference between "i ate the cereal" and "i ate all the cereal".

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They could have easily fit "the entire state of Maine".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

For sure, but as long as clickbait works they'll keep doing it.

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