System Compromise Panic
Users joke and express alarm about their systems or cloud instances being hacked, referencing rootkits, backdoors, tainted machines, and drastic measures like pulling plugs or wiping systems in response to a security incident.
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Show us where the evil sysadmin touched you....
"shit it's compromised. pull the plug ASAP"
Don't forget about the rootkit :-)
maybe a root-kit would have helped to prevent that.
Damn! I already executed it, my system is tainted!
Guess this is it. I'm powering everything down for security reasons. To the woods I go to build a cabin.
I assume there's some simple bypass, otherwise this seems like an accident waiting to happen.
Nothing works. Seems someone hacked the system
"Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress" I image the maintenance was conducted like this: "fix detroit data center bugs, please be very careful, don't mess up like last time :)" bypass permissions on
Reproducibly insecure kernel probably sitting on that network.