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Unexploded Ordnance found in Server Room
- jacquesm 8y agoHoly crap. That takes 'leaving a bomb behind' to a whole new level. I'd bet there is a 'bad leaver' in the recent past. Worst I've ever found in a server room was a server that shouldn't have been there. It's close to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M14_Malyutka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M14_Malyutka Just after the wall fell there was a market in Krosno in South Eastern Poland, you could buy anything Soviet made there including tanks if you wanted to. Makes you wonder when this thing stopped being tracked as a military asset and what the story is of how it ended up in that server room.
- swalsh 8y agoIn my day, we just hardcoded our credentials in some shell scripts.
- gargravarr 8y agoYou assume Soviet arms were /ever/ tracked, military assets or not. The Soviet military has a long history of misplacing weaponry...
- jacquesm 8y agoThat's an interesting possibility that I had not considered. I always think of the military as a giant exercise in logistics and there is no such thing without asset tracking. After all, whether you're talking about bullets or aircraft carriers they're not much use to the state that owns them if the state doesn't know where they are. But if there is enough stuff and a portion of it is misplaced then that would be a real problem. The simple fact that this thing is on display in its present location is worrisome. You could have put it in the back of a car and transported it halfway across Europe to fire it at the base of the Eiffeltower or something stupid like that before anybody would have known it was even there.
- LyndsySimon 8y agoThe US isn't really much better, especially when in conflict. It's not like infantry are required to write a report every time they use a grenade when involved in active conflict. The hard part would be shipping it back to the US without detection. There's a 3.8 MT nuclear bomb somewhere just off the coast of Georgia. It's been there since the 50s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Tybee_Island_mid-air_collision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Tybee_Island_mid-air_coll...
- jerf 8y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/8kzx5p/some_kind_of_explosive_lying_on_the_floor_of/dzbu0dm/ https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/8kzx5p/som... seems to have some running updates of what's happening, which is below a stickied post.
- orf 8y agoAs of 25 mins ago[1] it's an active bomb and there appears to be an active military lockdown. I laughed pretty hard at the comment asking about his offsite backup strategy. 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/8kzx5p/some_kind_of_explosive_lying_on_the_floor_of/dzbu0dm https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/8kzx5p/som...
- jacquesm 8y agoRight to be forgotten or secure erasure measures?
- kabdib 8y agoJust re-hashing passwords, with a more secure algorithm implemented in an HSM.
- tzahola 8y agoMore like an HEM. (high explosive module)
- m-p-3 8y agoGDPR taken to another level.
- blattimwind 8y agoRigorous hardware-based security measures.
- nathanaldensr 8y agoShouldn't the word be "ordnance?"
- gnode 8y agoAccording to The Free Dictionary, "ordnance" is a syncopated version of "ordinance". https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ordnance https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ordnance Also: https://www.etymonline.com/word/ordnance https://www.etymonline.com/word/ordnance "Ordnance" seems to be the more conventional spelling for this meaning, but I'm not sure that makes it uniquely correct. Linguistics isn't an exact science.
- Koshkin 8y agoSome of it is [0]. This fact is ever more important in the age of AI. [0] http://www.helsinki.fi/esslli/courses/readers/K54.pdf http://www.helsinki.fi/esslli/courses/readers/K54.pdf
- rijncur 8y ago> Please do not circulate, quote, or cite without express permission from the author
- oldcynic 8y agoNot any more. :) They were variant spellings way back in Middle English (roughly Norman conquest to 1500) when they split off from the French root. Ordnance now means of military, guns and armaments (cf Ordnance Survey) Ordinance means an order or religious rite (and apparently bylaw in the US) https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ordinance https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ordinance https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ordnance https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ordnance
- Fjolsvith 8y agoExtreme disposal measures for subpoenaed classified emails on mom and pop email server?
- coding123 8y agoLast attempt to get them to switch to cloud.
- zitterbewegung 8y agoGood thing that the OP exercised good logical thinking about the bomb. It’s great that no one got hurt .
- sgtmas2006 8y agoI've never felt the need to run "git blame" fast enough
- dataqat 8y agoI'm surprised how little skepticism there is about posts like these. A month earlier the user posted a comment about a mortar round in the same group, and posted a video about a security prank. Not saying it's fake, but it's far from obviously true.
- craftyguy 8y agoIt's reddit. There's a very good chance most of the content on the entire site is staged, because fake internet points mean something to some people.
- Swenrekcah 8y agoThey’re internet points but they’re not fake. Bitcoin also means a lot to many people :)
- y4mi 8y agoYou can exchange btc for currency though... Reddit karma can only be bought and accumulated.
- jfoutz 8y agoAnd then the account can be sold. Or you can post for money if you’re more interested in renting.
- Mandatum 8y agoSelling farmed accounts isn't lucrative. You can buy an account with 10K thread karma and 50K comment karma for $50-100.
- Swenrekcah 8y agoTrue, one is more useful than the other but neither of them is fake was my point
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- gnarbarian 8y agoThere are a lot of possibilities here. 1) it was wired to explode, to cover tracks or harm people. 2) It was fired a long time ago, came through a roof/wall and landed behind a server rack and got buried behind cables. the hole in the wall/ceiling tile got patched and there it sat until someone moved the rack.Possibly with numerous people kicking it or seeing it and not thinking a second thought about what it might be. 3) someone came into possession of it and hid it there because it's a secure location with few people who come by. eventually either they forgot about it or they were not in a position to be able to retrieve it. 4) it's inert and he's pulling everyone's leg I personally think 4 is most likely, followed by 3 and then 2 and then 1. edit: one more possibility, it's IS inert but that is undetermined, so the police err on the side of caution and proceed as if it were live. edit the sequel: the police don't know about it. I'm fairly certain this is all bullshit now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17119251 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17119251
- radiorental 8y agoCould be (3) for the karma. However, if true why invite the curious eye of a Three Letter Authority who might be interested in Russian ordinance. That said, the poster said that the IT guy was fired and locked the server room. The only curious part of that tale is that he said the room was locked 2 months ago. I know of no server room with a broken AC unit that can operate that long. [edit] this is the Czech Rep, that could explain a few things.
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- zaphar 8y agoAccording to his update they called the Bomb Squad who reported it was live and they were disposing of it.
- partiallypro 8y agoI'm on the #4 train, but I don't think he's in on it (though maybe he is.) Some people just collect shells, etc. I don't know where he is, but it seems like it's a Russian round. I can't vouch for why it would be in the server room, but it could just be someone's collectible and they are playing a prank or it was on a shelf and it fell. The "server room" looks very small and he says it's only a 10 person business. Edit: he now says it's live munitions, but I feel like there would be new articles to confirm this later.
- greedo 8y agoThat's a Sagger ATGM. For when you really want to make sure that your packets get through the firewall.
- elorant 8y agoI find it hard to believe that they set-up the racks and everything without anyone taking notice of a freaking mortar shell lying dormant on the floor.
- Yetanfou 8y agowire-guided anti-tank missile, actually. It seems to be missing its steering fins so it probably has been fired before. As to whether it landed in the server room after a botched shot or was transported there remains to be seen.
- m3kw9 8y agoThat most of the time would be the IT guy who just finished a large burrito, max spicyness
- pvg 8y ago"thread for following an unverified reddit thread on something supposedly developing in real time" seems like a really bad fit for HN.
- andrewnicolalde 8y agoLooks like it's a sham: https://www.lupa.cz/aktuality/na-redditu-se-resi-udajna-bomba-v-ceskem-datacentru-policie-o-nicem-nevi/ https://www.lupa.cz/aktuality/na-redditu-se-resi-udajna-bomb...