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[–] FutileRecipe@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

uses something called tellynet (aka telnet but I was playing dumb)

I wonder if he got the joke, or was a scriptkiddie who just relies on existing tools without understanding them, and thought you meant television or similar.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 10 months ago

They’re basically telemarketing workers with hacking tools provided by an employer. They follow scripts and click the buttons they’ve been trained to use.

I’m surprised they got in with telnet and not their usual RDP. However I’m not sure they would have gotten anywhere on a Linux box with commands that are so different, unless they were a little familiar with at least MacOS (bash or zsh based now a days).

[–] vrek@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

I don't know, this was back around 2007 so I don't remember his specific reaction