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Open source malware?
Free as in freedom malware
An amendment to the popular expression, "All [personal] information should be free", I suppose
Lmao
I'm guessing it's just malware that has had its source posted on github or the like, contrasted with the "hacker"/APT groups that actually charge to download and run their C2 servers