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Anthony Spadafora

Super Mario Bros. Movie downloads are infecting pirates with malware

Mario driving a go-kart in the Super Mario Bros. Movie

Hackers are once again targeting users that illegally download films and infecting their devices with malware.

This time around, they’ve embedded malware into illegal downloads of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, according to a new blog post from the cybersecurity firm ReasonLabs. As reported by Axios, the hackers began targeting Illumination’s latest film on April 30 after it was leaked on Twitter in its entirety and then quickly taken down.

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