what do “hackers” mean by finding a “vulnerability”. It’s hard to understand how there can be a gap in code that grants that much access.

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Code is written by humans, humans make mistakes. One of the most popular methods of exploitation isn’t even code, it’s exploiting humans themselves with phishing campaigns. Getting someone to click a link or emailing out fake emails to people pretending to be someone higher up at a company. Humans are the weakness when it comes to hacking.