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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Why are computer viruses not considered a direct attack on my property and a crime?
gpt
They are considered that way by the law.

All you have to do is find the guy who wrote the virus, drag him into court, prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the virus was actually written by him, and then you can have the $200 (or whatever the value of your data was) you deserve.