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Nobody hacked anything
People found account credentials and tried using them. Nothing nhogh tech here
Many hackers agree that the best way to hack someone is through social engineering to just have them tell you your password.
Hacking is very wide and can include things like this. It does not have to be as technical, hard or clever as most gatekeep it to be.
Source: 20 years of experience in the space
ex. password stuffing brute force is hacking
That is hacking.
No hacking is circumventing the security....if you send out the password it is really bad secops. Stop selling negligence of a party as hacking.
Hacking is gaining unauthorised access to a system.
can't unauthorize if he's dead.
No, that's just the definition that dumb fucks use to justify punishing people for their own stupidity. Unauthorized access and whatever you do with it is completely independent from HOW you gain access. And using legitimate credentials is not hacking. Obtaining the credentials may be done by hacking, but if they are just negligently tossed into the world, it's not.
Same as losing your house keys and having someone use them to enter your house is unauthorized entry and violation of a set of laws, but it is NOT breaking into a house.
Nope, that's the literal definition.
Not to worry though - I see lot more dumb fuckery in your future.
Now dance!
It IS breaking into a house. The law you are violating in this scenario is called breaking and entering.
"the law" you say? In which country, huh? There's more than one in the world, you know?
The United States, Canada, France, Germany, Austria, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa, and probably many more.
Other countries might call it something else, like the UK calls it burglary, but it pretty much always falls under the same law as breaking into a house using more forceful means on entry.