3 ms·
The "have been hacked by" scale seems to have two settings: 0. Forgot to secure access with password. 100. Nation state.
by sorokod 6y ago
The "have been hacked by" scale seems to have two settings:
0. Forgot to secure access with password.
100. Nation state.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- dr-detroit 6y agoOpen attacks on the United States are the new left-right dog whistle.
- dontTango 6y agoOr G. Social Engineering. "Ah yes we are from IT and found suspicious behavior, we need to reset your password, can you provide it immediately? No? Okay well we will be contacting your manager immediately for insubordination. You may want to gather your belongings. Ok, any capital letters?"
- vmception 6y agoI’m so glad to see more immediate skepticism now. I really dislike how deflection pretty much absolved the actual hacker of any scrutiny or liability. Its like the old bugs bunny cartoons where the hacker - bugs bunny - puts on a disguise and says “he went that way”
- Godel_unicode 6y agoSeems about right, maybe add in 0.1 didn't patch 14-month-old RCE.
- baobabKoodaa 6y agoExcuse me, sir, all of our IT systems are always patched up to the most recent approved version. It says so right here on this contract.
- paranoidrobot 6y ago0.09 - Installed the patch, just couldn't get Management approval for the downtime to reboot the machine for it to apply.
- Godel_unicode 6y agoThis is absolutely my favorite thing. I at one point had a weeks long debate about what "patched" means with the vuln scanning team. They couldn't understand why I thought checking the running kernel in addition to the file on disk might matter.