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Re:Hacker deleted all of NewsBlur’s Mongo data and is now ho... by bitexploder on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:26AM (#27613985)
I think it’s fine. Script kiddie is a strict subset of “hacker” in the negative sense of the word “hacker”. It’s a way to convey to the reader the level of sophistication used in the attack by describing the hacker in this way.
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Re:Hacker deleted all of NewsBlur’s Mongo data and is now ho... by haimez on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:33AM (#27614023)
Right, and there should be a sense of shame associated with being pwned by, for example, not setting a password on your public internet accessible (redis || postgres || mongo) instances. You didn’t get hacked, you let a child have their way with your application. Hence: script kiddie
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Re:Hacker deleted all of NewsBlur’s Mongo data and is now ho... by kbatten on Thursday June 24, 2021 @01:08AM (#27614161)
script kiddie is simply a hacker term, it has nothing to do with age or even skill.
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Re:Hacker deleted all of NewsBlur’s Mongo data and is now ho... by haimez on Thursday June 24, 2021 @01:29AM (#27614262)
> it has nothing to do with age…

It’s in the name, so it doesn’t seem worth disputing that at least at the time when the term was coined- it did have to do with age

> or even skill

Skill is literally the defining feature.

What exactly do you mean by “it’s simply a hacker term” anyway? Are words just sounds we make with our mouths?

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