This “virus‐lncRNA‐cancer” leitmotif has been validated in different malignant settings including HBV‐Highly Upregulated in Liver Cancer (HULC) in hepatocellular carcinoma, EBV‐Small Nucleolar RNA Host Gene 8 (SNHG8) in gastric cancer, and HPV‐HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR) in cervical cancer. The gene discussed is SNHG8; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.