If you are going to watch a game, Fifa would rather you pirate their game than someone else’s. It’s still free advertising when you discuss the game with friends or online.

Veni, Vidi, Versace

Also, at the societal level, the high lethality of the virus makes it far less likely to be able to spread broadly.

I don’t disagree on the current state. However, it’s not hard to foresee that attack tools will be developed that can maintain “attention” on an attack for days or weeks at a time with privately run agents. I’m sure they are out there already to some degree.

Cyber security in general is going to get interesting. Breaking into protected systems often requires more patience than expertise. Attackers often get detected when they take short cuts because of laziness and overconfidence. AI agents have unfathomable patience and attention to detail.l