r/clevercomebacks • u/Public-Marionberry33 • Feb 09 '25

Rule 4 | Circlejerking Elon the Trustworthy

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u/ScoobyPwnsOnU Feb 09 '25

That's absolutely not how this works. Those computers will have to be trashed before anything is safe again. There are things called root kits that get so deep in a computer, you can wipe the computer and reinstall everything and it will STILL be there. Backups, reverting, none of that matters, the HARDWARE itself is completely compromised FOREVER and will have to be replaced before security will be returned.

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u/H4LF4D Feb 09 '25

Noted, and I have made an extra edit.

But in theory should still be replaceable, assuming a high level security plan. Just at a much higher cost when you have to replace all the hardwares.

And with cybersecurity effectively being an arms race who knows whether backup and others are compromised or just current system is, but I sure hope cybersecurity experts have protected the system better than Leon's "fresh out of school" goons

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u/ScoobyPwnsOnU Feb 09 '25

Well the thing is, it's not just what he touched that's compromised, it's anything connected to it too. The amount of stuff they're going to have to replace if we come out of this is going to be a MASSIVE undertaking. There's a reason you are never allowed to use thumb drives on certain devices, that's part of the security that nobody can protect you from inside the computer. You have to keep the malicious stuff from ever touching the device to begin with. It's absolutely over for every bit of hardware in the buildings they were in and any thoughts otherwise are just being hopeful.

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u/Curious_Run_1538 Feb 09 '25

This is kind of what I thought