Zero technical details on what the "hack" actually was. Willing to bet it was something as stupid as the data being accessible by changing the query parameter, and rather than own up to their own shoddy security (no doubt built by an offshore contractor) they are going to blame the one who found and reported the bug.
Does it matter whether the data was poorly secured? LLMs should not be hacking into government medical websites, and if they do, the companies responsible should disclose the incidents as soon as possible.
Is it robbery when in this case it was a sign with information that you were planning on putting on your front fence for public display but while preparing it was left sitting in the front yard with a small fence.
If I walked past, saw it and remembered it or even recorded it, is that honestly theft?
The problem is that sufficiently poor security is indistinguishable from authorized public access. And unfortunately a lot of real world "digital security" is in fact that bad.
A lot of these "hacks" are the equivalent of asking "hey, can I come in?" and the guard assuming that anyone who would ask is authorized, and thus saying "yes". But if the guard said "yes" then it seems a bit absurd to call it trespassing.
Yep, because private enterprises never go bankrupt, commit fraud, mistreat customers, bribe politicians, put profit ahead of safety, hack websites, etc. etc.
lets say you have page=0 some of these pages are public and some are private, and the only way you secure the private pages is to not link it on the website.
is incrementing a url query parameters from 0 -> 1 count as hacking?
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If your house is robbed, does it matter whether you didn't have a state-of-the-art lock? A robbery is still a robbery.
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It very much does matter.
shard972 · · focus · HN ↗
If I walked past, saw it and remembered it or even recorded it, is that honestly theft?
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A lot of these "hacks" are the equivalent of asking "hey, can I come in?" and the guard assuming that anyone who would ask is authorized, and thus saying "yes". But if the guard said "yes" then it seems a bit absurd to call it trespassing.
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>Hey can I come into room 1?
Sure. That's the lobby.
>How about room 101?
Sure. That's where we keep the nuclear launch button. Don't press anything red.
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Hacker or pentester.
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Nope. There’s just a sign saying “red = launch nukes”.
Or maybe just a red button.
Or maybe just a green button that launches the nukes, without so much as “are you sure?”.
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Leave it to private enterprises who can actually secure it.
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That link describes a hack of Medibank, which is a private company.
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What world are you living in?
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is incrementing a url query parameters from 0 -> 1 count as hacking?