In 2019, a major logistics company in the Midwest nearly lost its entire codebase history because of a compromised key. "They had downloaded a license key from a forum," Rostova explains. "It worked for six months. Then, the firmware of the server began behaving oddly. It turned out the keygen they used was a vector for ransomware. The 'exclusive' key they found was a trap."
Key generators or "cracked" versions often contain malware that can compromise your entire codebase.
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