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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 118 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Because" is spelled wrong.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 107 points 4 months ago (1 children)

but “bacause” is spelled correctly

[–] variants@possumpat.io 15 points 4 months ago

The ultimate bacon reason

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 92 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

you're blocked for doing something funny

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

[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

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

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 74 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 125 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 59 points 4 months 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.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 33 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

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

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 61 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's called hackthebox not hackoutofthebox

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months 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)

[–] suction@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

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

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] firelizzard@programming.dev 20 points 4 months 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.

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

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

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

That's the honeypot

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

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