nixCraft 🐧

data destroyed by 1 yo? A new threat model unlocked 😅

this is a golden opportunity for this father to sign an agreement from this 1yo hacker that reads: "they are going to be extra nice to their father in future when aged between 12 to 19" lmao

https://xcancel.com/1v100000/status/2028319935626371137

Mar 2 at 12:23pmWeb
Show threadRichard BairwellMar 2
@nixCraft Correct link is https://xcancel.com/1v100000/status/2028319935626371137 (yours goes to a bad site as the el was inverted)
Diogenes of Cyberborea (@1v100000)

look what my 1yo was able to figure out. 32 TB gone.

Nitter
Show threadnixCraft 🐧Mar 2
@rbairwell oh my. fixed it. thanks for the heads up!
Show threadTaran RampersadMar 2
@nixCraft never underestimate the ability to push buttons!
Show threadAroop RoelofsMar 2

@knowprose no wonder bigtech wants to get ridbof em. /s

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Show threadTaran RampersadMar 2
@finlaydag33k @nixCraft what, one year olds? 🤣
Show threadAnthony DavidMar 2

@nixCraft

Did the default for each button press get to that?

In two seconds My 6yo son kicked off a drive format for one of the work PCs. It was at Amdahl in the 80s. It had a DOS menu system that pressing enter for every prompt led to the fateful result.

Show threadDanny Boling ☮️Mar 2

@adavid

holy crap! 😲

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Show threadMax LeeMar 2
@nixCraft This is why you put your server or rack should have locked doors. To keep kids out!
Show threadDaniele Pantaleo 🦥Mar 2

@nixCraft joke's on the manufacturer for putting data destructive actions in the front panel, rather than pure monitoring and little more, or at least lock them behind a PIN with timeout.

"But toddlers are not supposed to enter a data room!"

Disgruntled employees exist.

Even more in AI layoff era.

Show threadDaniele Pantaleo 🦥Mar 2
@nixCraft also partially on the father for not putting equipment behind a locked door.
Show threadilooMar 2
@nixCraft I feel for the author, though my brain instantly goes to 'Oh Dexter ... what does this button do? ' 🤣
Show threadLarge Format ProjectionistMar 2

@nixCraft

Since when is “user pounding keys like a toddler” a new threat model?

I hate those server-covers right up to the moment a grandkid visits, then I love ‘em.

Show threadjchimeneMar 2

@nixCraft

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/molly-guard

molly-guard - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Show threadWouter De BorgerMar 2
@nixCraft the concept of molly-guard remains as relevant as ever!
Show threadEdgar SaumellMar 2
@nixCraft 😂 😂 😂
Show threadOwl EyesMar 2
@nixCraft on the bright side of things, that was some free pen testing