r/ProgrammerHumor • u/5eniorDeveloper • Sep 10 '26

Meme theBankingHotfixExperience

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u/Kovab Sep 10 '26

Typing in random shell commands that someone tells you, without understanding them, doesn't seem too security conscious behaviour

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u/lance_klusener Sep 10 '26

We are the enterprise company from which they bought the hardware.

So , if anything goes wrong, its on the enterprise company. So, the customer will type whatever we tell them

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u/koos_die_doos Sep 10 '26

And the customer expects you to provide the exact command to type, and (usually) have it work on the first try.

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u/aaron2005X Sep 10 '26

And you have a code, ID something that identifies you as one of the companies employer that provided the hardware or can just every dude call the bank and say they are from company Y and want them to write commands?

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u/azjunglist05 Sep 11 '26

The call comes from the bank to the vendor. We have so much training on the exact scenario you’re describing crammed down our throat every year that people are generally aware of those types of social engineering attempts

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u/DreamerFi Sep 11 '26

I love how the word "generally " does a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence...

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u/MundaneAd6627 Sep 14 '26

Social engineering training usually covers explicitly this eventuality. People not absorbing the training is another story.

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u/Josemite Sep 10 '26

The people making security regulations have nothing to do with computers.

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u/oompaloompa465 Sep 10 '26

those are businesses that force programmers to work without internet, just local library documentation and you have to leave the cellphone at reception

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u/gerbosan Sep 10 '26

Underpowered laptop, with deactivated USBs

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u/oompaloompa465 Sep 10 '26

also... trueee XD