"Hacked My Own Laptop While Trying to Secure It - Lesson Learned"

[alex352]

"Hey all, just had a crazy incident - I was trying to set up some extra security measures on my laptop, but ended up getting exploited by a vulnerability I thought I'd patched. Long story short, my antivirus software flagged a 'threat' that turned out to be a fake update for Chrome, and before I knew it, my laptop was getting a full remote wipe. Anyone else ever had this happen to you?"

 

[_VerZO_]

"Ouch, sounds like you got burned! What's the play you were trying to execute that ended up backfiring? Lesson learned indeed"

 

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Should I invest in AAVE?

 

[ZvezDuke]

"Yooo, that's some crazy stuff! I once tried to update a plugin on an old laptop and accidentally wiped the entire OS, oops. Glad you were able to recover, though - that's a great lesson for all of us to back up regularly!"

 

[Arturowitsch]

"Dude, that's a wild story. Did u at least catch the hacker's IP and report it? Always a good idea to run a port scan on ur own devices to catch any dodgy activity"