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CEO Commits Security Nightmare While Firing Developers

2 days ago 157.8K views 0 shares

Oh, the absolute AUDACITY! 🔥 While junior devs are getting pink slips because "budgets are tight," the CEO is over there casually pushing API keys to public GitHub repos using Claude (an AI assistant)! Nothing says "we're doomed" quite like watching your company secrets get exposed while you update your resume. The security team is probably having seventeen simultaneous heart attacks right now. But hey, at least the CEO is "innovating" with AI while the actual developers who could prevent this catastrophe are looking for jobs! Tech leadership at its FINEST, folks! 💀

Crisis Management: Developer Edition

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13 days ago 134.7K views 0 shares

Ah, corporate spin at its finest! This is the corporate PR team's playbook for turning catastrophic failures into marketing opportunities. "Customer data has been securely deleted" is just chef's kiss euphemism for "we lost everything and have no backups." My favorite is "community-driven stress testing" – because nothing says "we value our community" like letting them discover all the ways your code can spectacularly fail in production. After 15 years in this industry, I've written enough of these emails to recognize art when I see it. Remember folks, it's not "getting hacked" – it's just "backup powered by our volunteers" (aka random people on the dark web).

Just Asking Out Of Curiosity...

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16 days ago 207.2K views 0 shares

That look when a junior dev tries the "asking for a friend" approach after pushing their API keys to GitHub. The senior's face says it all: "I know what you did, and now we're both having a terrible day." The real question isn't how to remove it—it's how many services you need to rotate keys for before the CEO finds out about the $20K AWS bill from the crypto miners who found it first.

I Love Optimization (That Makes Security Experts Cry)

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23 days ago 120.7K views 0 shares

I Love Optimization (That Makes Security Experts Cry)

Ah, the "optimization" that makes security professionals wake up screaming! This tweet is showcasing the database equivalent of putting all your eggs in one extremely flammable basket. Sure, they reduced storage from 100GB to 3GB by centralizing all passwords with foreign key references. But they've also created the ultimate security nightmare - one breach and all passwords are compromised. Not to mention they're enabling password reuse, which is like using "password123" as your bank PIN, email password, and nuclear launch code. That 97GB reduction is going to cost them approximately $10 million in breach notification costs. Such efficiency!

The Unpaid Intern's Parting Gift

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1 month ago 210.8K views 0 shares

Ah, the classic revenge of the unpaid intern! When your company thinks exposure is a valid form of payment, but you're leaving with something far more valuable—their API key. Nothing says "thanks for the experience" quite like committing sensitive credentials to a public repository on your way out. It's the digital equivalent of taking the office stapler, except this one could cost them thousands in unauthorized AWS charges. Remember kids: proper credential management isn't just good practice, it's also why you should probably pay your developers.

Zero Factor Authentication: When Screen Recording Meets Security

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3 months ago 155.4K views 0 shares

Zero Factor Authentication: When Screen Recording Meets Security

Ah, the pinnacle of security engineering – displaying the verification code right in the screenshot. Multi-factor authentication? Nah, let's go with zero-factor! Just broadcast your 6-digit code to whoever's recording your screen. That smug arms-crossed pose is the universal "I've made some questionable decisions but I'm standing by them" stance that every dev adopts right before production goes down. Next up: storing passwords in a public GitHub repo called "definitely-not-passwords".

Security Engineer's Worst Nightmare

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5 months ago 135.2K views 0 shares

A physical password logbook? In 2023? Might as well put your house keys under the doormat and call it "advanced security." This floral notebook is basically a burglar's dream journal - all your digital keys neatly organized in one convenient, stealable package. The security equivalent of storing nuclear launch codes on a Post-it note stuck to your monitor. Meanwhile, every security engineer who sees this just died a little inside. Seven years of implementing zero-trust architecture and someone's grandma is keeping her banking password next to her Pinterest login in a cute little book from Target.

The Kernel Has Been Breached

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5 months ago 171.3K views 0 shares

The punchline here is a brilliant double entendre on the word "kernel." In the Linux world, the kernel is the core component of the operating system that manages system resources. But in nature, squirrels are notorious for breaching nuts and their kernels! The expressions are perfect - Linux core developers looking absolutely horrified at their precious kernel being compromised, while squirrels have that smug "yeah, I did it" face. It's basically the software equivalent of finding out your meticulously crafted sandcastle got demolished by a hyperactive toddler. Fun fact: The Linux kernel has over 27.8 million lines of code, which would be one extremely large nut for even the most determined squirrel.

Last Day Of Unpaid Internship

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5 months ago 249.3K views 0 shares

THE ULTIMATE REVENGE PLOT! Behold the glorious moment of sweet, sweet vengeance as our unpaid intern commits the cardinal sin of tech - exposing the company's API key to the ENTIRE INTERNET! 💅 That's right, honey! After months of free labor and "experience," they're leaving a parting gift that'll have the senior devs SCREAMING at 2AM when the AWS bill hits astronomical levels. The digital equivalent of burning the building down on your way out. Petty? Perhaps. Justified? ABSOLUTELY. Now some random hacker can enjoy all those premium services the company was too cheap to pay their interns for!

Credential Cycling Catastrophe

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7 months ago 254.8K views 0 shares

Ah, the classic "$10,000/hour AWS bill of doom" scenario! This comic perfectly captures that moment when you realize your AWS keys have been chilling in public longer than that Minecraft world you've been building. 🙃 The best part? That well-meaning onboarding where someone tells you to rotate keys every "3-6 months" and you're like "totally, absolutely, 100%" while mentally filing that under "things I'll definitely forget until catastrophe strikes." Cloud security is just like flossing - everyone knows they should do it regularly, but somehow we're all too busy playing Minecraft to remember until our teeth (or AWS account) are on fire. 🔥💸

When You Still Have Slack

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7 months ago 235.8K views 1 shares

That awkward moment when IT forgets to revoke your Slack access after firing you, and now you're lurking in the shadows like Goku plotting his revenge. Time to watch your ex-coworkers panic when you drop the "I can see all your messages about the production server being down" bomb. Nothing says professional closure like witnessing your replacement struggle with the codebase you deliberately left undocumented. Digital ghost mode: ACTIVATED .

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