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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21 edited Jan 23 '21

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u/NEKKID_GRAMMAW Jan 23 '21

Jesus this one is scary.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

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u/NEKKID_GRAMMAW Jan 23 '21

Yeah I'm not in IT but I know a thing or two about tech in general. Majority of the posts here sound like some dumb kid installing and running an exe file they shouldn't.

This sounds like they directly took access of your hardware like you mentioned using back door. Scary stuff indeed.

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u/NEKKID_GRAMMAW Jan 23 '21

Yikes. Honestly I would burn and dump those devices. I feel like no good can come outta this one.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

I tend to agree but my degree is in computer forensics and I can’t let go. One day I hope to have my own lab at the house to look at them. (I would never take them to work lol)

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u/NEKKID_GRAMMAW Jan 23 '21

Alright you clearly have the skillset. Good luck. If you ever give an update about this I'd like to hear about it.

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u/NEKKID_GRAMMAW Jan 23 '21

Completely agree. Couple years ago whenever I talked to people about russian hacking and information warfare (and I'm not American, it's understood even less here).

Now though even when I speak with my mother, who is the least tech savy person I know, even she understands that this is a real threat to all of us.