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Re:Malware found on laptops given out by government by cosmodisk on Saturday January 23, 2021 @07:54PM (#25887692)
I live in the UK and follow day to day news, government announcements,etc. This reads like something straight from the government's PR book. The pattern is always the same: it's small issue, nothing to worry about, we know what's going on( or about to find out).

Last week I was bored,so ended up testing so cold google exploits. There are endless numbers of educational institutions with systems so crap that it's hard to believe. It took 15 min to find confidential salary data, various documents, messages, etc. Interestingly enough, most were US schools. I can only imagine what people with skills could do, instead of just googling,like me.

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Re:Malware found on laptops given out by government by imtringued on Sunday January 24, 2021 @10:02AM (#25892575)
You mean that's the PR you would hear from any organization, whether public or private. A lot of private companies would go one step further and just sue the reporter for damages.
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Re:Malware found on laptops given out by government by fbi-director on Sunday January 24, 2021 @12:50AM (#25889661)
What do you mean by "so cold google exploits?"

If it's a typo for "so called", I'd still love some info on what google exploits are.

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Re:Malware found on laptops given out by government by captn3m0 on Sunday January 24, 2021 @01:15AM (#25889790)
Google hacking/dorking I think. Specific google searches that reveal accidentally indexed documents.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_hacking

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Re:Malware found on laptops given out by government by cosmodisk on Sunday January 24, 2021 @04:39AM (#25890665)
That's exactly what I've meant.
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Re:Malware found on laptops given out by government by thaumasiotes on Sunday January 24, 2021 @07:17AM (#25891420)
I assumed it was a typo for "some cold".
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