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In reply to the discussion: Get this straight ... they're not coders and programmers [View all]usaf-vet
(7,618 posts)39. I'll bet $100.00 today that someday in the future we will find out that eveyone one them could write the coded to..
...... give them a backdoor entrance so they can get in anytime from anywhere.
For example, this python code
import sqlite3
# Establish connection to the database
def connect_to_db(db_name):
try:
conn = sqlite3.connect(db_name) # Opening a database file
cursor = conn.cursor()
print("[+] Connected to database successfully."
# Further operations go here...
except Exception as e:
print(f"[-] Connection failed: {e}"
# Example usage
db_name = "example.db"
connect_to_db(db_name)
# Establish connection to the database
def connect_to_db(db_name):
try:
conn = sqlite3.connect(db_name) # Opening a database file
cursor = conn.cursor()
print("[+] Connected to database successfully."

# Further operations go here...
except Exception as e:
print(f"[-] Connection failed: {e}"

# Example usage
db_name = "example.db"
connect_to_db(db_name)
This script is totally benign, but with enough skill, one could use similar techniques to look for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, or exploit outdated security. The key point: any system can be accessed with the right knowledge, tools, and time.
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Yes. They are hackers, who probably never wrote legitimate code for a job or something similar.
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2025
#1
Are you saying they're deleting the original code without getting the new code approved?
Baitball Blogger
Feb 2025
#2
I'll bet $100.00 today that someday in the future we will find out that eveyone one them could write the coded to..
usaf-vet
Feb 2025
#39
Yet Eloon swore up and down in the Oval Office that this was the most transparent thing since Saran Wrap.
OMGWTF
Feb 2025
#36
Agreed they are hackers...............if I did the shit they are doing I would be in jail.........
turbinetree
Feb 2025
#13
"deleted code"? Is there some context we are all supposed to know about here? Some news story about deleting?
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2025
#15
Thanks. Unfortunately too many DUers swallow rumours as if they were fact. . . . .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2025
#27
I notice there is a claim that one of these "genuses" translated a scroll from Pompei using AI
dflprincess
Feb 2025
#18
If they could cause the SS system to crash in an unrecoverable way, they'd not need to pay people
John Farmer
Feb 2025
#41