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    • Gators1G
      Gators1 @A Former User
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      @Hog That’s kinda “programmer error” that caused that one, not modern solutions. Dealing with passwords can be a pain in the ass in those environments, but at the very least use an environment variable or preferably a secrets vault. Also the article is kinda mistitled as he wasn’t their consultant, but simply hacking without malicious intent. He didn’t have their permission to pen test their systems, so it was technically illegal. The whole thing could have been handled better by both the company and government.

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        A Former User @Gators1
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        @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

        @Hog That’s kinda “programmer error” that caused that one, not modern solutions.

        Well that’s a really weird distinction. Presumably the programmer was an employee or contracted to modern solutions at the time it was written so it’s pretty much their fuck up any way you cut it. Modern Solutions as a corporate entity is a name in a registry and an articles of incorporation. “Modern Solutions” isn’t capable of anything, good or bad, if you are going to separate it from its people.

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        • Gators1G
          Gators1 @A Former User
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          @Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

          @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

          @Hog That’s kinda “programmer error” that caused that one, not modern solutions.

          Well that’s a really weird distinction. Presumably the programmer was an employee or contracted to modern solutions at the time it was written so it’s pretty much their fuck up any way you cut it. Modern Solutions as a corporate entity is a name in a registry and an articles of incorporation. “Modern Solutions” isn’t capable of anything, good or bad, if you are going to separate it from its people.

          My bad, I was thinking “modern solutions” as an architectural approach…the buzzword. Missed that was the name of the company, but I am still trying to wake up here. Yeah, the company is ultimately responsible for it but I don’t know many people still hard coding credentials in their software distributions anymore given the options and current security risk environment. Ultimately whoever built that made some bad decisions.

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          • Lob12L
            Lob12 @Gators1
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            @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

            @Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

            @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

            @Hog That’s kinda “programmer error” that caused that one, not modern solutions.

            Well that’s a really weird distinction. Presumably the programmer was an employee or contracted to modern solutions at the time it was written so it’s pretty much their fuck up any way you cut it. Modern Solutions as a corporate entity is a name in a registry and an articles of incorporation. “Modern Solutions” isn’t capable of anything, good or bad, if you are going to separate it from its people.

            My bad, I was thinking “modern solutions” as an architectural approach…the buzzword. Missed that was the name of the company, but I am still trying to wake up here. Yeah, the company is ultimately responsible for it but I don’t know many people still hard coding credentials in their software distributions anymore given the options and current security risk environment. Ultimately whoever built that made some bad decisions.

            Just go back to bed!

            [IMG] https://image.ibb.co/nhhF0Q/new_sig_lob12.jpg [/IMG]

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            • Gators1G
              Gators1 @Lob12
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              @Lob12 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

              @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

              @Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

              @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

              @Hog That’s kinda “programmer error” that caused that one, not modern solutions.

              Well that’s a really weird distinction. Presumably the programmer was an employee or contracted to modern solutions at the time it was written so it’s pretty much their fuck up any way you cut it. Modern Solutions as a corporate entity is a name in a registry and an articles of incorporation. “Modern Solutions” isn’t capable of anything, good or bad, if you are going to separate it from its people.

              My bad, I was thinking “modern solutions” as an architectural approach…the buzzword. Missed that was the name of the company, but I am still trying to wake up here. Yeah, the company is ultimately responsible for it but I don’t know many people still hard coding credentials in their software distributions anymore given the options and current security risk environment. Ultimately whoever built that made some bad decisions.

              Just go back to bed!

              No time, I have many posts to make today!

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              • ?
                A Former User @Gators1
                last edited by

                @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                @Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                @Hog That’s kinda “programmer error” that caused that one, not modern solutions.

                Well that’s a really weird distinction. Presumably the programmer was an employee or contracted to modern solutions at the time it was written so it’s pretty much their fuck up any way you cut it. Modern Solutions as a corporate entity is a name in a registry and an articles of incorporation. “Modern Solutions” isn’t capable of anything, good or bad, if you are going to separate it from its people.

                My bad, I was thinking “modern solutions” as an architectural approach…the buzzword. Missed that was the name of the company, but I am still trying to wake up here. Yeah, the company is ultimately responsible for it but I don’t know many people still hard coding credentials in their software distributions anymore given the options and current security risk environment. Ultimately whoever built that made some bad decisions.

                At least a significant part of their business is SaaS (the part that’s detailed in the article) in which they are putting their customer’s data (apostrophe is significant) in the cloud so they absolutely need to be on top of shit like that.

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                • KilemallK
                  Kilemall Careful, railroad agent @Lob12
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                  @Lob12 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                  @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                  @Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                  @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                  @Hog That’s kinda “programmer error” that caused that one, not modern solutions.

                  Well that’s a really weird distinction. Presumably the programmer was an employee or contracted to modern solutions at the time it was written so it’s pretty much their fuck up any way you cut it. Modern Solutions as a corporate entity is a name in a registry and an articles of incorporation. “Modern Solutions” isn’t capable of anything, good or bad, if you are going to separate it from its people.

                  My bad, I was thinking “modern solutions” as an architectural approach…the buzzword. Missed that was the name of the company, but I am still trying to wake up here. Yeah, the company is ultimately responsible for it but I don’t know many people still hard coding credentials in their software distributions anymore given the options and current security risk environment. Ultimately whoever built that made some bad decisions.

                  Just go back to bed!

                  You gonna let a lawyer slap you around when code is on the line?

                  https://i.imgur.com/hX2CMMZ.jpg

                  Never go full Lithu-
                  Twain

                  No editing is gonna save you now-
                  Wingmann

                  http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/72217/DSC_2528.JPG

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                  • Gators1G
                    Gators1 @Kilemall
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                    @Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                    @Lob12 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                    @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                    @Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                    @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                    @Hog That’s kinda “programmer error” that caused that one, not modern solutions.

                    Well that’s a really weird distinction. Presumably the programmer was an employee or contracted to modern solutions at the time it was written so it’s pretty much their fuck up any way you cut it. Modern Solutions as a corporate entity is a name in a registry and an articles of incorporation. “Modern Solutions” isn’t capable of anything, good or bad, if you are going to separate it from its people.

                    My bad, I was thinking “modern solutions” as an architectural approach…the buzzword. Missed that was the name of the company, but I am still trying to wake up here. Yeah, the company is ultimately responsible for it but I don’t know many people still hard coding credentials in their software distributions anymore given the options and current security risk environment. Ultimately whoever built that made some bad decisions.

                    Just go back to bed!

                    You gonna let a lawyer slap you around when code is on the line?

                    It’s someone else’s code…I give zero shits.

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                    • Gators1G
                      Gators1
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                      Fuck Google! Every time they launch some service and you get used to it, they fucking shut it down. I had Google music and now its gone. Just got into podcasts about a year ago and again they are shutting that shit down. Maybe I need to switch and be an appletard?

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                      • TazzT
                        Tazz
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                        Amazon scamma-ramma-ding-dong.

                        Jan 21, 2024  /  GPUs

                        Amazon sold a fake RTX 4090 FrankenGPU cobbled together using a 4080 GPU and board — scam card was found in a returns pallet deal

                        Amazon sold a fake RTX 4090 FrankenGPU cobbled together using a 4080 GPU and board — scam card was found in a returns pallet deal

                        Repair shop diagnosis: no fix.

                        GTFO

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                        • KilemallK
                          Kilemall Careful, railroad agent @Gators1
                          last edited by

                          @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                          Fuck Google! Every time they launch some service and you get used to it, they fucking shut it down. I had Google music and now it’s gone. Just got into podcasts about a year ago and again they are shutting that shit down. Maybe I need to switch and be an appletard?

                          Kept you from spending money on Apple so did it’s job.

                          https://i.imgur.com/hX2CMMZ.jpg

                          Never go full Lithu-
                          Twain

                          No editing is gonna save you now-
                          Wingmann

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                          • Lob12L
                            Lob12 @Tazz
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                            @Tazz said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                            Amazon scamma-ramma-ding-dong.

                            Jan 21, 2024  /  GPUs

                            Amazon sold a fake RTX 4090 FrankenGPU cobbled together using a 4080 GPU and board — scam card was found in a returns pallet deal

                            Amazon sold a fake RTX 4090 FrankenGPU cobbled together using a 4080 GPU and board — scam card was found in a returns pallet deal

                            Repair shop diagnosis: no fix.

                            Should’ve put it in the oven for 10minutes!

                            [IMG] https://image.ibb.co/nhhF0Q/new_sig_lob12.jpg [/IMG]

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                            • Gators1G
                              Gators1
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                              Great, now Russia has the vaccine.

                              Jan 22, 2024  /  Cyberattacks

                              Russia-based group hacked emails of Microsoft’s senior leadership

                              Russia-based group hacked emails of Microsoft’s senior leadership

                              The global tech giant has alleged that the cyberattack was carried out by a Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard or Nobelium.

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                              • TazzT
                                Tazz
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                                The smallest motor in the world | Newswise

                                GTFO

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                                • Gators1G
                                  Gators1
                                  last edited by

                                  Had dinner tonight with an IT VP from Amex tonight and he said they still use mainframes. WTF? Next I will learn that Facebook is fundamentally run on an abacus.

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                                  • KilemallK
                                    Kilemall Careful, railroad agent @Gators1
                                    last edited by

                                    @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                                    Had dinner tonight with an IT VP from Amex tonight and he said they still use mainframes. WTF? Next I will learn that Facebook is fundamentally run on an abacus.

                                    Something like 70% of financial does. Don’t want to work for them, sweatshops and if anything goes wrong they find the lowest ranking person they can pin it on and fire them.

                                    https://i.imgur.com/hX2CMMZ.jpg

                                    Never go full Lithu-
                                    Twain

                                    No editing is gonna save you now-
                                    Wingmann

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                                    • Gators1G
                                      Gators1 @Kilemall
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                                      @Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                                      @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                                      Had dinner tonight with an IT VP from Amex tonight and he said they still use mainframes. WTF? Next I will learn that Facebook is fundamentally run on an abacus.

                                      Something like 70% of financial does. Don’t want to work for them, sweatshops and if anything goes wrong they find the lowest ranking person they can pin it on and fire them.

                                      He was saying that the culture was good at Amex and they didn’t have retention issues. From his standpoint though it probably was.

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                                      • KilemallK
                                        Kilemall Careful, railroad agent @Gators1
                                        last edited by

                                        @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                                        @Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                                        @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                                        Had dinner tonight with an IT VP from Amex tonight and he said they still use mainframes. WTF? Next I will learn that Facebook is fundamentally run on an abacus.

                                        Something like 70% of financial does. Don’t want to work for them, sweatshops and if anything goes wrong they find the lowest ranking person they can pin it on and fire them.

                                        He was saying that the culture was good at Amex and they didn’t have retention issues. From his standpoint though it probably was.

                                        The pressures are immense, every minute down is millions lost. The computers really are their business.

                                        The one my fellow coworkers used to work at were allowed 1 hour of total downtime- on Christmas Day.

                                        https://i.imgur.com/hX2CMMZ.jpg

                                        Never go full Lithu-
                                        Twain

                                        No editing is gonna save you now-
                                        Wingmann

                                        http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/72217/DSC_2528.JPG

                                        http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/20416/PTOB 101_resize.jpg

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                                          madrebel @Kilemall
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                                          @Kilemall pretty normal these days. For the amount of money AMEX spends on infrastructure every year, it better stay up.

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                                          • ?
                                            A Former User
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                                            Skeptical Futurama GIF

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