Some people are saying this is a faked story.

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dotmatrix

Apr 15, 2016
4:06 PM EDT
http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2016/04/15/man_deleats_customers_running_script/#c_2839299

EDIT:

Here's an 'official' serverfault forum about the hoax:

http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/8696/what-to-do-with-the-rm-rf-hoax-question/8697

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