Are there like, hacking conventions and shit?

Hack offs? Where you throw your wickedest hack at your opponent?

Are we firmly in the realm of hack-extortion yet?










I'm pretty sure hacking is what the Mafia does these days instead of drugs, women, and wine

[Edited on December 26, 2014 at 6:04 PM. Reason : j]

12/26/2014 6:03:48 PM

There's DEFCON in Vegas and most colleges have hackathons/capture the flag type deals

12/26/2014 6:15:53 PM

My grandfather knows what hacking is, so I figure that alone should be enough to consider it mainstream

12/26/2014 6:34:21 PM

hacking isn't cool anymore.

12/26/2014 6:54:38 PM

Is "hacking" going to show up in an after school special soon?

12/26/2014 8:46:10 PM

Ddos ftw!!!

12/26/2014 8:48:25 PM

Anyone want to break into North Korea's police blotter with me?

12/26/2014 8:58:25 PM

I think if you whistle into the phone you get free calls or something.

12/26/2014 9:30:05 PM

99% of what the media reports as 'hacking' is just DDoS stuff that's trivial to do with readily available software.

Calling that hacking is like being able to operate a water fountain and claiming to be an expert on fluid dynamics.

12/26/2014 9:44:39 PM

Anyone want to punt people off AOL later

12/26/2014 10:12:56 PM

I hacked the gibson once. But some clever IT guy correctly typed "cookie" and it was game over

12/26/2014 11:02:48 PM

HaCk ThE PLaNeT!

12/27/2014 12:59:14 AM

had a friend once that was a CS (or CE?) grad at State. Anyways, he came over once and demonstrated a common way to break through a simple password protection system. Granted, I am sure that nothing major is backed up by just a password, but it seemed pretty straight forward.

12/27/2014 6:49:02 AM

I'm hacking off right now.

12/27/2014 8:42:15 AM

Quote :

"99% of what the media reports as 'hacking' is just DDoS stuff that's trivial to do with readily available software. Calling that hacking is like being able to operate a water fountain and claiming to be an expert on fluid dynamics."

This.

12/27/2014 11:42:59 AM

^ yeah I think that is what he was doing. I will never trust anything serious online with just a password again.

12/27/2014 1:36:21 PM

Are we going to start seeing 'h4X0r' t-shirts in walmart soon, or...?

12/27/2014 1:45:38 PM

NO but you can come to my WareZ chatroom so we can talk about progz

which reminds me

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I am going †ò punt yòu

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12/27/2014 3:10:13 PM

Krallum slaps EMCE around a bit with a large trout.

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

12/27/2014 3:17:19 PM

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12/27/2014 3:28:04 PM

12/28/2014 4:56:44 PM

^ that movie is simply designed to say oh shit da messiah gots to approve da comcast merger so we can keep getting our free cell phones

dis shit scary man. suspend democracy. Stop the intarwebz from takin my wallstreets



THE DEMS:

NET NEUTRALITY IS GOOD AND YOU WILL LIKE IT

WATCH THIS SCARY MOVIE FEATURING THOR TRYING TO FIGHT HACKING

SEE? IT'S SCARY. YOU HAVE TO LIKE NET NEUTRALITY OR YOU ARE UNAMERICAN

and racist

Love Al Sharpton and God

[Edited on December 28, 2014 at 5:57 PM. Reason : ]

12/28/2014 5:34:14 PM

12/28/2014 9:29:40 PM

There is nothing not to love about a movie concerning hacking that features topless Angelina Jolie.
Think about it.

12/29/2014 6:18:38 PM

When are wallet chains making a comeback?

12/29/2014 8:12:17 PM

I think chain wallets made a comeback a couple of weeks ago.

So, in other words, you're back to being cool again. Way to hold out.

12/29/2014 10:17:27 PM

12/29/2014 10:21:37 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/chinese-hackers-breach-federal-governments-personnel-office/2015/06/04/889c0e52-0af7-11e5-95fd-d580f1c5d44e_story.html?hpid=z1

So, a couple of weeks ago, it came to light that the the IRS was hacked


Now, it appears that the OPM has been hacked.

[Edited on June 4, 2015 at 5:39 PM. Reason : syntax]

6/4/2015 5:37:38 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/06/11/largest-employee-union-says-hackers-stole-personal-data-on-every-federal-worker/?hpid=z4


And now, the Union says the hack was much bigger than the administration is letting on. They claim that personL information of EVERY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES was stolen, including social security numbers.

Thoughtings? Opinions? Anyone care about this?

6/11/2015 8:55:00 PM

It's pretty bad. Gonna try to use it to my advantage though. "No, I paid my taxes, they were just hacked"

6/11/2015 9:04:23 PM

China will totally be cool with a lot of people if they hack into Sallie Mae, and erase all student loan debt

6/11/2015 9:06:36 PM

I mean, I'll huge-photo-troll the ever-lovin FUCK out of the Duke fans thread, but goddamn Smath, wtf?

6/11/2015 9:08:43 PM

came to post:

6/11/2015 9:53:34 PM

being a federal employee, I care a lil

6/11/2015 9:54:31 PM

Quote :

"HACK THE MAINFRAME"

6/12/2015 8:37:15 PM

I just saw this guide from Linux Format called "The Hackers Manual 2015"; I later found it for free on the Internets.

Also, more importantly, I just found this free credential program that's all about making bogged-down single-page applications using Full-Stack JavaScript™: http://www.freecodecamp.com/
(but at least LinkedIn recognizes it as a university, so credentialism ahoy)

6/12/2015 9:16:43 PM

Did the Cardinals hack the Astros?

6/16/2015 2:42:05 PM

how do you get caught doing that tho

n00bs :3

6/16/2015 10:59:44 PM

So, without getting into who did what wrong to whom, lettuce take a step back and objectively look at the situation:


We are now in an era where a foreign entity can hack your system and get you fired from your job. As was evidenced with D. Wasserman Schulz and Ann Dacey have both been forced out of the DNC after the hack, with others set to resign soon as well.
The situation is a little nutso, right? I mean, there is something to be said for always doing the right thing at work. But fact of the matter is, that doesn't always happen. In the past, I have my doubt if someone would have actually been fired over internal conflicts like this. In some ways, I feel as if SOMEONE had to take the fall for this all, even if they had limited involvement.


But the bigger issue I think is the malicious hacking.

8/3/2016 10:18:41 AM

Nah, man, I disagree with you strongly there. Your most basic security precept is to assume you have already been hacked and will be hacked again. It's a foregone conclusion. When confidential information gets leaked and someone ends up fired, it isn't the hack that gets them fired--it's what they said or did that was revealed.

Take out the hacking bit and replace it with the more legitimate means of discovery you prefer. Would that person still have been fired for what they said or did? Then it ain't the hack, and the hack is not the issue.

[Edited on August 3, 2016 at 10:46 AM. Reason : Unless your job was to prevent the hack, in which case yes, the hack gets you fired.]

8/3/2016 10:46:25 AM

I agree with some of that, which is why I tried to include a disclaimer about doing the right thing, regardless, when working.


But shit, there were (forced) resignations over that Ashley Madison hack, which I'm not 100% sure was directed at the security team. Likewise, I'm not 100% sure those people at the DNC who are being forced out actively conspired to hurt Sanders' campaign.... I thought it was some staffers, and not the figure heads, who were most culpable here.
I realize quite often a high ranking official has to fall before people feel justice. But in these cases, the hackers perhaps cost the job of someone with limited involvement.

[Edited on August 3, 2016 at 11:05 AM. Reason : I appreciate the discussion. Users are supposed to discuss things on a msg board, you see]

8/3/2016 11:03:42 AM

"I know this"

8/3/2016 3:34:57 PM

Anyone following this Equifax shit? We are so hopelessly fucked.

9/8/2017 8:19:25 AM

Yeah, crazy shit man.

I mean, it's kind of fucked up enough that American's are involuntarily forced into a system like Equifax or Experian in the first place. But if that information that is collected can't be safegaurded, that leaves the population exceptionally vulnerable.

FUCK, this makes you want to take all of your money and hide it in the mattress.

9/8/2017 8:34:26 AM

Yea I mean all those other corporate hacks were turrible


But equifax you didn't even have to directly interact with and they STILL were storing what amounts to the Rosetta Stone of people's financial lives, fucking everything a hacker would need to use your identity all in one place.

If equifax still exists in any form after the class action lawsuit that is about to rain down on their asses then our system is broken.

9/8/2017 8:40:08 AM

The federal government (OPM) was hacked a while back, and the only thing they did was offer a year of credit monitoring services. A fucking year. That seems the be the standard now, as I think I read that's what equifax is offering.

Man, with a social security number, a few past addresses, and your name.... someone could open up a credit card in your name this year, next year, and the year after that.

9/8/2017 8:47:40 AM

ahahahaha

A bunch of Equifax execs sold their stocks very recently. Sure sounds like insider trading to me!

9/8/2017 8:56:52 AM

Personally, I'm skeptical that credit monitoring would be worth a damn anyways.


The other kicker is how little law enforcement is able to do (or perhaps they aren't interested in doing anything) once they actually Think they've Identified and ID thief. I know an older couple that somehow literally had the address of their suspected ID thief down in Florida (of course it's Florida). The cops did nothing, wouldn't even knock on their door and ask tough questions.


We have to do so much better, from top to bottom.

[Edited on September 8, 2017 at 9:09 AM. Reason : Insider trading is icing on the cake. They'll get away with it.]

9/8/2017 9:04:46 AM

Quote :

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That really took me back and was a great way to start the day.

9/8/2017 9:22:29 AM

FYI, NC peeps can freeze your credit reporting for free through the NC DOJ:

http://ncdoj.gov/Protect-Yourself/2-4-3-Protect-Your-Identity/Protect-Yourself/Freeze-Your-Credit.aspx

9/8/2017 12:36:15 PM