It can destroy data and make public confidential computer files.

When a user opened the attached file, it destroyed data on the hard drive.

Why would he want to destroy data, even if he could?

Discarded, lost, or destroyed data is said to have 'gone to the bit bucket'.

Virus - Bad software made to mess up a computer or destroy data; nothing good comes from it.

Computer security flaws have also been exploited to destroy data.

It is easy to destroy data by using a jammer.

I wasn't sure if anyone had ever used your program to help destroy data before, and I thought you'd be interested.

This destroys all programs and data on the computer.

Or it could systematically destroy data in the computer's memory.