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Published 08:29 15 Apr 2016 BST
Updated 13:34 15 Apr 2016 BST
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The simple Skynet havoc-wreaking piece of code was "rm -rf" - a joke within some coding communities for how destructive it is. 'Rm' tells the computer to remove, 'r' deletes everything in a certain space and 'f' skips the "ARE YOU REALLY SURE YOU WANT TO BURN EVERYTHING TO THE GROUND?" warning.
Put it all together, and Marco Marsala's web-hosting company doesn't exist anymore.
To add insult to injury, Marco is completely out of back-ups for his company, because the drives that were backing up the computers were mounted to it.
There's up the creek - and then there's this.
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