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[-] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago

At first I thought this was a legit ban but it actually looks more like an error message similar to 404 lol

[-] [email protected] 117 points 1 week ago

"Because" is spelled wrong.

[-] [email protected] 105 points 1 week ago

but “bacause” is spelled correctly

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

The ultimate bacon reason

[-] [email protected] 89 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

you're blocked for doing something funny

As a funny person, this makes me sad. They should get a sense of humor.

[-] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago

As my father always said: you may be a funny person, but looks don't count for everything.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

I like that! I'm going to steal it.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

He would've liked that. He was a real nice guy, always said I had a face for radio.

[-] [email protected] 72 points 1 week ago

Blocking someone from a hacking game because they tried to hack it is basically admitting defeat.

[-] [email protected] 59 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

If a real world pentester tries to hack something out of scope, they also get banned. From society. To a prison cell.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago

It's called hackthebox not hackoutofthebox

[-] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

Is this like getting banned from an escape room because you brought (and used) a live grenade to solve the puzzle

(I think they have a strict no-grenades-from-home policy, usually)

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Getting caught means the hacker won? Are you a r?

[-] [email protected] 121 points 1 week ago

Nah, hackthebox and many other red team simulation type sites have strict rules of engagement. You're there to solve a puzzle as defined by hackthebox, not get around the puzzle by hacking hackthebox.

[-] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago

Oh no, just like if you were actually hired to do a red team simulation for a business! They would have strict rules of engagement and certain systems would potentially be defined as off-limits.

How terrible of Hackthebox to *checks notes... promote industry standard Red Team practices.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago

That’s not very “Kobayashi Maru” of them.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

I mean that just means you didn’t hack them well enough.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

So trying to hack hackthebox is not permitted? Confusion is the name of the game

Anti Commercial-AI license

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

hackthebox is essentially a puzzle solving platform where the puzzles are designed to teach you hacking. You're not supposed to hack the platform.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

So trying to hack hackthebox is not permitted? Confusion is the name of the game

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I hope it leads you on a bit before this reveal.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

That's the honeypot

this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2024
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