The Semicolon Apocalypse?

Thought of a possible scenario today and wondered if it might be possible. Now, many here may think this is stupid, so feel free to roast if it is lol

What if some type of virus/exploit were introduced that could swap semicolons in computer code to another character for the sole purposes of making most code crash?

Imagine this is a fictional scenario in a book or movie. How would this be pulled off?

I just wonder how vulnerable the world is to one character like the semicolon ;

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from hacking: security in practice https://ift.tt/DmEvTBK

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