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	US Government agencies hit in global cyberattack (cnn.com)
	69 points by IAmPaigeAT 1096 days ago

2 comments

turtleyacht 1096 days ago

Hackers exploit flaw in proprietary software.

detrites 1096 days ago

Reduced without meaning loss:

> Hackers exploit flawed proprietary code.

(6w/45c -> 5w/40c)

akomtu 1096 days ago

The first 3 words carry the same information as: hackers hacked hackable proprietary code. So just "proprietary code hacked" is enough.

detrites 1096 days ago

Agreed. Further reduced:

> Proprietary code hack.

(6w/45c -> 3w/22c: >50%)

BasedAnon 1096 days ago

This is too context dependent to be considered lossless.

r13a 1096 days ago

As it's overwhelmingly code that is hacked, this is nearly lossless:

Proprietary hack

2w/15c

JumpCrisscross 1096 days ago

Phack

1w/5c

evronm 1096 days ago

Goddamn! I thought I was anal about efficiency...

BasedAnon 1096 days ago

You can get rid of 'flawed' since it's implicit in 'exploit'

rcme 1096 days ago

The word exploit alone is ambiguous since it can also mean roughly “to use.”

camillomiller 1096 days ago

I’m quite sure the hackers used HTML with highlighted syntax and filled with CHINESE ideograms in a dark room, typing on a mechanical gaming keyboard, as per the opening image.