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Comment by throw1111221

Not the person you replied to, but they're probably talking about Log4j. It's a Java logging library that had a helpful feature where logging a special format string would pull code from a remote URL and execute it. So anywhere you can get a Java server to log something you can run arbitrary code. (Ex: by setting a malicious User-Agent.) Estimates say 93% of enterprise cloud environments where affected.

I suppose Stuxnet could also count, where the initial infection depends on the human curiosity of plugging an unknown usb drive into an air gapped system.

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