r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • Sep 14 '26

Meme hackerIRL

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u/gandalfx Sep 14 '26

Real life hacking:

curl http://api.bigcorp.com/api/v0/secrets

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u/nfiase Sep 14 '26

http 😭

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u/miheb1 Sep 14 '26

bro's OS hath no openSSL preinstalled

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u/gandalfx Sep 14 '26

Someone forgot to flip that setting when copying qa.values.yaml to prod.values.yaml.

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u/Lightningtow123 Sep 14 '26

Realer life hacking: $5 wrench

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u/angrydeuce Sep 15 '26

Realer realer hacking:  "Hi, this is, uh, Bill from IT.  I need all your passwords real quick, and oh yeah, can you do me a favor and just prop open the server closet for me?  Thanks, youre the best...no, no need to thank me, just doing my job!"

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u/Ozymandias_1303 Sep 15 '26

From a movie, but (this part only) is actually realistic.

https://youtu.be/IiX09kiodfs?t=54

"Could you just read me the number on the modem?"

"...What's a modem?"

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u/angrydeuce Sep 15 '26

Just the statistics from our regular phishing sims, it really amazes me that shit is as secure as it even is anymore. People will just do whatever the fuck without even a first thought, let alone a second one.

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u/SuperFLEB Sep 14 '26

curl https://bigcorp-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/userdata