This really is the computer virus equivalent of those scammer calls where the only way for someone to avoid jail time, or something else bad, is for you to go and buy hundreds of dollars worth of gift cards and send the codes.

Exactly! Makes me think of things I have heard and read about historical sites getting worn down by visitors or people finding artifacts while digging in their garden.

This is cool, but also makes me feeling like we poured asphalt over a masterpiece.