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[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

There may be genuine use cases to run a script, or whatever the attacker used. The problem is the browsers will auto-run stuff, the user isn't aware and there's no way to stop it. All ublock (and others) do is provide the missing security layer called "don't auto run shit from the web".