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An entire state's population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attack (sea.mashable.com)

submitted 10 months 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 10 months ago (4 children)

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

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

[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They probably assumed people would know which state they're talking about. Classic Maine character syndrome.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Badum-tsss!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Steven King knows.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At least they didn't divide it up into a slideshow, with two lines of the article per slide. I've been seeing a ton of those lately.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

THIS. I FUCKING HATE THIS. WHOEVER CAME WITH THAT CAN GET FUCKED.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Maine hardly counts as "an entire state" by population anyway! 1.3 million? Oooooh, that's like... San Diego!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

And yet it’s still more than 2 Wyomings

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The amount of people doesn’t define what a state is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Sadly true, that's why the Senate is so fucking misrepresentative. And the Electoral College.

Still, I'll put up with my lack of equal federal voting power for the benefits of living in California.

I was just cocking a snook at the clickbaity headline.

And Maine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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