Comment on We really need a modern day Robin Hood hacker type
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Having worked with highly regulated industries like banking, health care, and others that a “Robin Hood” hacker would target I can say that it’s not feasible.
Do you know how many days of Zoom meetings they’d have to be on to compromise just one system?
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That’s management. The actual physical RFID card generator is on an employee’s Windows laptop with the password sticky noted on the screen.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Okay so now you’re in one system in one company. And that person still needs approval and a four hour zoom call to push anything into a position where it can make a difference.
I know, I’ve been on dozens of calls like that.
And even then you’ve pwned one of about a dozen companies.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
You don’t need approval when you are a criminal and have used exploits to gain root access to the company’s computers.
You think Aaron Swartz was on Zoom meetings to get approval before picking the lock to the network closet, hacking root and downloading all the University’s public research papers?
This is you:
“No one can rob a bank. Think of the meetings needed to get HR to approve bringing a gun in the building.”
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Downloading a bunch of data from educational systems is significantly easier than getting exploits into banks and financial systems, which is what I assumed a Robin Hood hacker would be doing.