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testaccount28 • yesterday at 10:59 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

random sites generally don't log carefully, or watch their logs if they do. so the risk to hacking them is low. this site almost certainly logs very aggressively. so the risk to hacking it is high.

based on differential risk, attackers will choose targets differently. they might reason that the risk/reward on this obvious trap is not worth it. but on joe shmo's php emporium, the reward is less, but so is the risk, and it might pencil out.


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malfist • today at 4:10 AM

So your answer is people could hack this easily but logs scare them?

Well that's good news because my webserver also has logging

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Paradigma11 • today at 9:32 AM

"First person to get the wallet wins. If you don’t need the money, consider donating it to those who do: givewell.org."

What risk?