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An entire state's population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attack (sea.mashable.com)
submitted 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Badum-tsss!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Steven King knows.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

And yet it’s still more than 2 Wyomings

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] Walnut356 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Walnut356 4 points 2 years ago

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