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by apawloski 5028 days ago
Why on earth would a "talented hacker" do anything other than the easiest effective method? If it doesn't work, then just try something else. They certainly wouldn't waste their time trying to hide code snippets in a GIF when you could just upload the above.

In short: the "talented hacker" is the one who compromises your system. The difficulty of execution does not matter if you get owned in the end.